David Wilson Herring Headstone Photo, Robinson Old Cemetery

Robinson Old Cemetery, Robinson, Crawford Co., Illinois.
David Wilson Herring, born April 1, 1917, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, died October 27, 1981, Robinson, Crawford Co., Il. This was my father. He was a son of Dolor Washington Herring and Josephine Carter. Through his father's line, he was a grandson of George Washington Herring Jr. and Josima McNerva Allen. He was a great grandson of George Washington Herring Sr. and Lucy Simco, and, John Karah Allen and Mary L. Walker. He was a great great grandson of George Herring and Elizabeth Closby, and, James Simco and Francis Canada. Also a great great grandson of Joseph Darby Allen and Mary Margaret Murphy, and, Thomas Walker and Bettie Langley. Through his mother's line he was a grandson of John R. Carter and Margaret Ann Fletcher. He was a great grandson of John G. Carter and Matilda J. Herring, and, John F. Fletcher and Judith Simco. He was a great great grandson of Robert P. Carter and Mary Polly Smith, and, John B. Herring and Mariah Hill. Also a great great grandson of John and Mary Fletcher, and, James Simco and Francis Canada.
He graduated in the Class of 1935 from Fulton High School, and was a WW II veteran, 667th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force. On December 23, 1946 he married Iris Nadine Carrington.