Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGerald Herrin 
Birth24 Oct 1927
Death28 Oct 2014
Burial1 Nov 2014, First Baptist Church Columbarium, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
FatherDaniel Monroe Herrin (1896-1982)
MotherBernice Lowder (1897-1970)
Spouses
Birth8 Dec 1929
Death6 Sep 2023
Burial28 Oct 2023, First Baptist Church Columbarium, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
FatherSidney John Heilig (1911-1985)
MotherMamie Rogers (1912-1980)
Marriage31 Aug 1946
Notes for Gerald Herrin
Gerald Herrin
Gerald West Herrin, 87, of Salisbury, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.
He was born October 24, 1927, the son of the late Bernice Lowder Herrin and Daniel Monroe Herrin, Sr.
Gerald graduated from China Grove High School and Salisbury Business College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a manufacturer’s representative for Rambo Sales. He mentored young men of our community as manager of Carolina Ventilated Awning Company. He served the Lord faithfully at First Baptist Church of Salisbury and Faith Baptist Church of Faith. Gerald served as deacon, trustee and Sunday School teacher, and as youth leader influenced many lives for Christ. He enjoyed traveling, fishing, the Atlanta Braves, and most of all being with his family. Gerald was a charter member of the Faith Civitan Club and received the Lifetime Member Award.
Including his parents, he is preceded in death by grandchildren, Meredith and William; great-grandchildren Levi and Kinsley; son-in-law, Neil Barlow; brothers, Daniel, Cecil, and Joe Herrin and sister, Peggy Rary.
Those left to cherish his memories are wife, Bonnie Heilig Herrin who he married August 31, 1946; daughters, Kay Dover (Bill) and DeeDee Moody ( Charles) of Salisbury, Jane Dickens (Tom) of Raleigh, Lou Anne Erdman (Rich) of Dallas, Georgia; sisters, Doris Rota (John) of Washington State and Joyce Clark of Texas; grandchildren, April Chandler (Stephen), Joel Dover (Kimberly), CJ Moody (Holly), Skip Erdman (Stephanie), Jonathan Erdman (Ashley), Andrew Erdman (Sarah), Ben Erdman (Kaylee), and David Barlow; and great-grandchildren, Spencer Chandler, Harrison Chandler, Olivia Chandler, Charlotte Chandler, Megan Dover, Jake Dover, Allison Dover, Abigail Erdman, Nathaniel Erdman, Micah Erdman, Caleb Erdman, Ryder Erdman, Amoura Taylor and two arriving in November.
Service: A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2014,at the First Baptist Church of Salisbury conducted by the Dr. Kenneth Lance, Dr. Joel Dover and Rev. Rich Erdman. The family will receive friends following the service. Inurnment will be in First Baptist Columbarium. Military Honors will be conducted by the Lyerly Funeral Home Volunteer Honor Guard.
Memorials: Can be made to the Woman’s Missionary Union of First Baptist Church, 223 North Fulton Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.
Correction
SALISBURY - Gerald West Herrin, 87, of Salisbury, who died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, is survived by a great-grandson, Brooks Moody, who was omitted from an earlier obituary.
Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Herrin family.
Salisbury Post, 1 Nov 2014
Gerald West Herrin, 87, of Salisbury, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.
He was born October 24, 1927, the son of the late Bernice Lowder Herrin and Daniel Monroe Herrin, Sr.
Gerald graduated from China Grove High School and Salisbury Business College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a manufacturer’s representative for Rambo Sales. He mentored young men of our community as manager of Carolina Ventilated Awning Company. He served the Lord faithfully at First Baptist Church of Salisbury and Faith Baptist Church of Faith. Gerald served as deacon, trustee and Sunday School teacher, and as youth leader influenced many lives for Christ. He enjoyed traveling, fishing, the Atlanta Braves, and most of all being with his family. Gerald was a charter member of the Faith Civitan Club and received the Lifetime Member Award.
Including his parents, he is preceded in death by grandchildren, Meredith and William; great-grandchildren Levi and Kinsley; son-in-law, Neil Barlow; brothers, Daniel, Cecil, and Joe Herrin and sister, Peggy Rary.
Those left to cherish his memories are wife, Bonnie Heilig Herrin who he married August 31, 1946; daughters, Kay Dover (Bill) and DeeDee Moody ( Charles) of Salisbury, Jane Dickens (Tom) of Raleigh, Lou Anne Erdman (Rich) of Dallas, Georgia; sisters, Doris Rota (John) of Washington State and Joyce Clark of Texas; grandchildren, April Chandler (Stephen), Joel Dover (Kimberly), CJ Moody (Holly), Skip Erdman (Stephanie), Jonathan Erdman (Ashley), Andrew Erdman (Sarah), Ben Erdman (Kaylee), and David Barlow; and great-grandchildren, Spencer Chandler, Harrison Chandler, Olivia Chandler, Charlotte Chandler, Megan Dover, Jake Dover, Allison Dover, Abigail Erdman, Nathaniel Erdman, Micah Erdman, Caleb Erdman, Ryder Erdman, Amoura Taylor and two arriving in November.
Service: A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2014,at the First Baptist Church of Salisbury conducted by the Dr. Kenneth Lance, Dr. Joel Dover and Rev. Rich Erdman. The family will receive friends following the service. Inurnment will be in First Baptist Columbarium. Military Honors will be conducted by the Lyerly Funeral Home Volunteer Honor Guard.
Memorials: Can be made to the Woman’s Missionary Union of First Baptist Church, 223 North Fulton Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.
Correction
SALISBURY - Gerald West Herrin, 87, of Salisbury, who died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, is survived by a great-grandson, Brooks Moody, who was omitted from an earlier obituary.
Lyerly Funeral Home is serving the Herrin family.
Salisbury Post, 1 Nov 2014