Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 22, 2017 at the L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home for Mr. William Herring, 59, of Columbus, formerly of Youngstown who passed away Monday, May 15, 2017 at his home.

Mr. Herring, affectionately known as “Billy”, was born May 26, 1957 in Youngstown, a son of Victor W., Jr. and Kathleen Hickerson Herring.  He was a 1975 graduate of South High School and attended Choffin Career Center.  He served in the U. S. Army as an executive chef.  After his service in the Army, he was employed at several restaurants in the surrounding Youngstown area.  He moved to Columbus and was employed by J. C. Penny.  He was a member of the Mt. Calvary Pentecostal Church under the leadership of Bishop Norman L. Wagner.

He leaves to cherish his precious memories, three sisters of Youngstown, Michele (Deacon Willard) Gidney, Vicky (Richard) Robinson and Deborah Herring; a brother, Keith (Daphney) Herring of Columbus; an aunt, Maxine Jackson of Cleveland; and a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, other family and friends.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Charles “Dee Dee” Herring; and grandparents, Charlie and Georgia M. Johnson, and Victor Willard, Sr. and Mary Herring.

Friends may call Monday from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home.