Larry Neal Herring, 78, of Kempner died on June 2, 2021 at St. David’s North Medical Center in Austin.
He was born in Lampasas on March 17, 1943 to D.C. and Thelma (Hayter) Herring.
Larry and Jorja Pickett married on June 5, 1964 in Kempner.
He lived his entire life in the Lampasas area. Larry had been a mechanic, an electrician and a gunsmith, working for the U.S. Army. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and especially attending gun shows.
Larry raised Longhorn cattle for a while and miniature donkeys. He owned a Jacob sheep named James and two Nigerian miniature goats named Mutt and Jeff.
He was of the Baptist faith.
Larry was preceded in death by his father.
Survivors include his mother, Thelma Herring, of Lampasas, who turned 100 in January 2021; his wife, Jorja Herring of Kempner; three sons, Steve Herring (Andreas) of Lampasas, B.J. Herring (Silla) of Lampasas and Kris Herring of Kempner; one daughter, Tracy Herring of Cedar Park; one brother, Glenn Herring (Denise) of Lampasas and one sister, Darlene Rutland (Jim) of Lampasas; five grandchildren, Brandon Herring (Sierra), Ty Herring (Karen), Tayler Herring, Riley Herring and Jayden Herring; and one step-granddaughter, Kyara Maldonado.
Visitation was held June 5 at Heritage Funeral Home in Lampasas.
