Funeral service for Doris Summerford Anders Herring, 96, will be Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, September 19, 2015 from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Herring died on Monday, September 14, 2015. She was born May 26, 1919, in Morgan County to “Newtie” Edward and “Clemmie” Patterson Summerford. She was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother, Lunie White Summerford, husbands, William Minter Anders and Judson Herring; sisters, Pernie Morris (James), Bernice Bailey (Grady), Barbara Jolly (J.D.), and Virgina Duncan (R.M.C. Jr.); brothers, Wallace Summerford (Opal) and Sheats Summerford (Sarah); and stepson, Lane Herring.
She was a loving and nurturing wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, stepmother, and aunt; she was a housewife, cook, seamstress, quilt maker, vegetable and flower gardener, and farm worker; she sang and played piano and guitar and served as church pianist; she was a tax collector clerk and served as treasurer of Evergreen Cemetery; she was a life- long member of the Massey Community and was a member of Evergreen Methodist Church from the time she joined in 1932 at age 13 until the church was closed at the end of 2004.
She wanted memorials to go to the Historic Evergreen Cemetery. They can be sent in care of Zana Thompson, 723 Mount Nebo Road, Falkville, AL 35622
Survivors include:
Three Sons:
Larry Anders (Nancy)
Theron Anders (B.B.)
Ferrell Anders (Pauline)
One Step-Son:
Sherman Herring (Aurora)
Two Step-Daughters:
Frieda Jones (Jimmy)
Opal Herring (Lane)
Seven Grandchildren:
Stephanie Anders
Corey Anders
Jennifer Anders
Laura Lee (Bryan)
Will Anders (Robin)
Zeke Anders
Kelilah Anders
Six Step-Grandchildren
Laura Kruck
Melissa Atterberry
Anne Katherine Alexander
Eloise Atterberry
Andrew Kruck
Madeline Kruck
Four Great-Grandchildren
Anders Lee
William Lee
Charlie Anders
Liddy Anders
A host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be:
Lynn Thompson
Jeff Thompson
Jack Arnold
Roland Fontenot
Jim Walker
John S. Bryant
