CA748

Obituaries of Harry T. Herring
(C. Avis Catalog entry #748)
(Document ID #387a)

[Harry T. Herring was a son of D. W. Herring and grandson of John Henry Herring by his first wife, Julia Williams]

Vet Bureau Head, Col. Herring, Dies
   Colonel Harry T. Herring, 65 years old, manager of the United
States veterans bureau in Louisiana for the past three years and a veteran of World War I, died last night in United States Marine hospital. He had been ill two weeks.
   A graduate of West Point, Colonel Herring was a classmate of 
General Douglas MacArthur, with whom he was associated later in the Philippines, where Colonel Herring was chief of the veterans' bureau there for a number of years.
   He had retired from the army several years ago and lived in New Mexico, where he served as state adjutant general.
   Colonel Herring was born in Tennessee and received his early education at Jackson, Tenn., from where he was appointed to West Point, according to Philip Holland, 2014 General Pershing street a boyhood schoolmate and friend for more than 50 years.
   Mr. Holland, a retired career foreign consular official, said that the body will he taken from here to Dalals, Tex., for cremation and thence sent to New Mexico.
   The widow, the former Mrs. Margaret Venabies, of Washington, and the colonel were married in Manila while he was with the veterans' bureau there. General MacArthur was best man at the wedding.
   Colonel Herring also is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John Barry, a New Mexico ranchwoman, and Miss Ethel Herring, of Jackson, Tenn.; a brother, Daniel W. Hearing. Jr., with the government in Washington, and a step-daughter, Miss Shirley Venabies, Boston, Mass.

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(Document ID #387b)

COLONEL HERRING FUNERAL TODAY


   Funeral services for Colonel Harry T. Herring, manager of the United States veterans' administration in Louisiana for the past three years, who died late Thursday following an illness of two weeks, will be held today at 4 p. m. from the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne avenue. Interment will be in Santa Fe, N. M.
   Colonel Herring, who resided at 5925 Prytania street, was 65 years old and a native of Tennessee, He was appointed to West Point Military academy where he was a classmate of General Douglas MacArthur, with whom he was associated later in the Philippines. Colonel Herring served as chief of the veterans' administration in the islands for a number of years. General MacArthur was best man at the wedding when Colonel Herring was married in Manila to the former Mrs. Margaret Venables of Washington.
   Retiring from the army several years ago, he lived in New Mexico, where he served as state adjutant general until he came to New Orleans three years ago. He was a veteran of World War I.
   He is survived by two sisters, Mrs, John Barry of Santa Fe, N. M., and Miss Ethel Herring Jackson, Tenn.; a brother, Daniel W. Herring, Jr., Washington, D. C., and a stepdaughter, Miss Shirley Venables, Boston, Mass.