George Gilbert Herron, 99, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Green Hill Memorial Gardens. He was a member of Church of Christ.

Herron, husband of Dixie Burns Herron, also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Carrie Owens and Mrs. Ruby Sanders, both of Halls; nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchidren and six great-great-grandchildren.

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