Services for James Taylor Herring, of Brookhaven, were 2 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel withburial in Riverwood Memorial Park.

Visitation was Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at thefuneral home.

Mr. Herring, 68, died Nov. 24, 2008, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter in Brookhaven. He was born on March 28, 1940, to StevenHerring and Nora Elliot Herring.

He attended Mississippi School for the Deaf and graduated fromKentucky School for the Deaf. He worked for several newspapers. Hewas a member of Easthaven Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a son, James RobertHerring; a father-in-law, Dr. W.M. Commander, and a sister-in-law,Patsy Commander Vaughan.

Survivors are his wife, Mildred Ann Commander Herring; hisbrothers, Robert Lee Herring and George Elliot Herring; hissisters, Elsie Herring Owens, Mattie Herring Correro and JuliaHerring Hess; a mother-in-law, Sue Commander; a sister-in-law, SueCarol Trantham and husband, Cecil; and a brother-in-law, HowardVaughan. He was also loved by many nieces and nephews.