Nellie Mae Herring

Nellie Mae Herring was born in Glenwood, Georgia to Ossie Herring and Rether Mae Herring on May 11, 1942. She attended high school in Jeff Davis County. She moved to Harlem in New York City where she went to Nursing school and received a Nurses Aide Certificate. However, since she loved sewing, she found employment as a seamstress assistant for the Allendale Garment Company where she worked devotedly for 25 years. After retirement, Nellie bought a house in her hometown in Hazlehurst, Georgia. Nellie enjoyed her favorite hobby which was gardening in her yard. During her time at her home, she planted an apple tree a pear tree and several flower gardens and bushes. During the later years her daughter and son moved to Georgia to spend more time with her. Nellie was a devout born again Christian, and a prophetess who spoke about her love of Jesus Christ and his gift of eternal salvation to everyone she met. Nellie is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Calvin Herring and sister Essie Ella Rose Herring. She is survived by her son Tony C. Herring, her daughter Kay Keicha Forbes and her nephew Shaun Herring. Private family viewing and burial committal ceremony will be held on Saturday April 27, 2019 at 11:00 am. Nellie's favorite Psalm was Psalm 91. She told her children to pray Psalm 91 each morning. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.