Graveside service for former Tipton resident, Jerry Wayne "J.W." Herring age 84, of Dallas, Texas, will be at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the Tipton Cemetery with Rev. Les Banks officiating.  Burial will follow under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick, Oklahoma.  Mr. Herring passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, in Dallas, Texas.

The family will receive friends and family on Friday evening, October 18, 2024, at the Jackson Funeral Home Chapel, 921 West Gladstone Avenue, Frederick, Oklahoma from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.

Jerry Wayne "J.W." Herring was born October 30, 1939, in Grandfield, Oklahoma to Vernard Laverne "Barney" and Lois Lee (Powers) Herring. J.W. grew up in Tipton with his family, living and working on local farms.  He worked hard his entire life, as a grocery clerk, cafeteria server, movie theater concession operator, bank clerk, traveling Bible salesman, painter of girders on overpasses, and more!  J.W. even completed the instructor course for Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

He served in the United States Marine Corps in peacetime from 1958 to 1960 and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, Camp Mercy Okinawa, and Camp Lejeune Rifle Range North Carolina. In Okinawa, he was designated as a security clerk working with classified material,

J.W. attended Cameron College in Lawton, Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma with a degree in accounting.  He spent his career as a CPA in public accounting starting with Arthur, Young & Co and then 26 years working for Benjamin C. and Jerry A. McCutchin, Sr., in market investing, and rock quarry mining.  J.W. was fiercely loyal to his family and friends and helped a lot of people.  He always had a story to tell and enjoyed keeping up with family genealogy.  J.W. grew up in the Methodist Church and maintained his faith his entire life.  He enjoyed calf-roping when he was younger and owned horses over the years.

J.W. is survived by his daughter, Cynthia Lee Herring; two sons, Keith Reed and Kelly Reed; daughter-in-law, Shanna Coleman-Reed; three grandchildren, Henry Reed, Daniel Reed, and Katherine Reed; one brother, Bobby Rex Herring; and four sisters-in-law, Candy Herring, Barbara Kennedy Herring, Judy Michael Herring, and Reva Perry; and multiple generations of a large and loving family.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margie Eulene Laing Killion, and second wife, Ruth Eileen Reed Herring; one grandson, Sean Reed; his parents, Vernard Laverne Herring and Lois Lee (Powers) Herring; and his siblings, Vernard Laverne Herring, Jr., Johnny Lynn Herring, Tommy Neal Herring, Ira Sue Collington, and Betty Lou Lewis.

Memorial contributions may be made to your own favorite charity in J.W.'s memory or to one her donated to: St. Jude, Wounded Warrior, Cal Farley's Boy Ranch, Operation Smile, Shriners Hospitals for Children, North Texas Food Bank and the ASPCA.