Twylah Elizabeth Herring

Twylah Elizabeth Roark Herring, age 90, of Longview, TX, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Home in Longview, Texas. She was born September 18, 1920 in Warren, Ark. She was the widow of Paul Herring, a homemaker, member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Longview, Texas and was an avid quilter. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Oslin Roark and Mary Eunice Allison Roark and was also preceded in death by one son, Daniel Thomas Herring and two granddaughters, Susan and Michelle Herring. Survivors include two sons, Paul Duane Herring and wife, Faye of Longview, Texas and Hugh Dawson Herring and wife, Linda of Prairieville, La.; one daughter, Gloria Reyna and husband, Wilfred of Chula Vista, Calif.; two brothers, Trevlyn Roark of Memphis, Tenn. and S.T. Roark of Wilmar; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Sunday at Stephenson-Dearman Chapel with burial to follow in Andrews Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday. Online guestbook www.stephenson-dearman.com.