Herman Herrington

Herman Darrel Herrington beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, left this world on January 28, 2017 at the age of 88 to join the heavenly angel band of teachers, fishermen and hunters. Herman (better known to his family as "Sonny Boy", was born on October 29, 1928 to Herman Otis Herrington and Mary Lucille Coble Herrington in Laredo, TX.
His parents moved to Rockport when he was young and it was there, fishing the bays and the gulf with his father and brothers that he developed his love of fishing. While Baffin Bay was his favorite fishing hole, he was known to drop a hook in any pond of water. The family moved to Alice where he graduated from William Adams High School. When medical deferment prevented his enlisting in the Air Force, he enrolled in Texas A & I, graduating with a degree in agricultural science education.
Herman's teaching career in high school vocational agriculture, which spanned more than three decades, began in Ben Bolt in 1954. During his twelve years there, not only did he develop life-long friendships, but he was respected for the excellent program he developed which saw his "Ag Boys" earn county and statewide honors in the FFA program. His last two decades of teaching Ag were in Premont where his students were successful in Ag contests both on the local, state and national level. For years, he was a mainstay at the Jim Wells county fair and stock show and his students were known as the ones who set the bar high in all areas of competitions. It was in Premont that girls were first permitted to take Ag classes which provide the opportunity for his two youngest daughters to excel in the FFA program. The respect he earned from fellow educators, as well as the students he taught and their parents was the basis of friendships formed across the state that lasted throughout his life.
As a boy, he was introduced to hunting by his father and while he was teaching in the heart of south Texas deer country in Jim Wells County, he became a hunting legend both because of his skill and his love of the sport. This love of hunting transitioned into a love of photographing wildlife in his later years.
One of his daughters once remarked that you could put a dime on a Texas map and it would cover the area where he had spent his adult life. That changed after he retired and moved to a ranch in Uvalde where he assisted his daughter and son-in-law in their white tail deer operation. He loved the outdoors and having his family around. He was always happy with his feet under a "42" domino table and a cool pevo close by.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister (Mary Kathryn Herrington Vaughan, one brother (George Herrington), and two grandsons (Darrell Parker Ross and Ty Herrington Solomon). He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Lillian Elsik Herrington, and four daughters: Gwen (Ernest) Havner of Kerrville; Cathy (Leroy) Richter of Alice; Sherry (Shorty) Smith of Uvalde; and Jeanne (Mike) Weeks of Uvalde. He is also survived by three grandsons: Tate (Haley) Weeks of Premont, Colin Richter of Alice and Logan Weeks of Uvalde and one granddaughter, Mika Solomon of Uvalde. Herman is also survived by two brothers, John Earl (Barbara) Herrington of Granbury and Ray Allen Herrington of Alice, along with hundreds of former students whose lives he touched because he treated them as if they were his own.
The family would like to express their deepest appreciation to Herman's personal caregiver, Sylvia Gonzalez and the numerous caregivers from Uvalde Hospice including Marilyn, Louise, Olivia, Darlene, Lupe, Martina, Minnie, Nathan and Joe.
Herman's remains will be cremated and a celebration of his life will be held at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary in Uvalde at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 31st . He requested in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Program.

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