Services: 9 a.m. March 19, in Adams Funeral Home, Nixa. Burial will follow in Payne Cemetery, Nixa. At Jack’s request there will be no visitation.
Jack Albert Herndon, 90, Nixa, passed away on March 16. Jack was born in Nixa on July 31, 1922, the only child of Julian and Margaret (Forgey) Herndon. The family lived on land settled by Jack’s grandfather in Nixa over a century ago.
He was a graduate of Nixa High School and attended Draughon’s Business College in Springfield. Jack served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in England and France. He also served a year in Germany during the Army of Occupation. He returned to Nixa and on April 18, 1954, he and Myra Mae Creed were united in marriage.
Jack obeyed the Gospel call in 1935 and was a member of Nixa Church of Christ, where he served as deacon and later as an elder. He was an accounting clerk for Frisco Trucking and Burlington Northern Railroad before retirement. His hobbies included gardening, both vegetables and flowers, and he and Myra enjoyed traveling with Myra’s sisters and their husbands.
Jack is survived by two daughters, Cheryl McClease and husband Greg of Nixa, and Melissa Trusty and husband Scott of Oak Grove. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Sara Rice and husband Jake, Zachary McClease, Alysse Trusty, and Brit Trusty; and great-grandchildren, Lakin and Avery Rice.
Jack was preceded in death by his wife, Myra in 2006, an infant daughter Julie Beth Herndon in 1964, and his parents.
