Leola Herrington Gibbs

Published 11:04 am Thursday, September 16, 2021

Leola Herrington Gibbs passed away on Saturday, Sept. 11, in the Merit Health River Region Medical Center following a brief illness. She was 59. She had worked at Cooper Lighting and was a member of the Salem M.B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Herrington, Sr.; her brothers, Willie Herrington, Jr. and Lloyd Herrington; her sisters Shirley Herrington, Joyce Ann Herrington and Rosie Lee Ware.

She is survived by her son, Quentin Lamar Reed of Vicksburg; her daughter, Keola L. Herrington, of Vicksburg; her mother Clara Herrington of Fayette; her brothers, Floyd Herrington, Claude Herrington, Benjamin Herrington, Benard Herrington, James C. Herrington and James Ware, all of Fayette; her sister Betty Felton and Ruby Ware both of Fayette; three grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and others.