Al G Herrin passed away peacefully on September 3, 2010, at the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin, Texas, after a lengthy illness. Born in Rocky, Oklahoma on November 24, 1921, he was predeceased by his parents, Walter & Leona Herrin and his younger brother, Neal Herrin, who were longtime residents of Lubbock and Anton, Texas, respectively. He is survived by his life-long companion and wife of 66 years, Emmagene McGowen Herrin, who was his sweetheart since they met in 1929 when he moved to Anton as a second grader; his daughter, Gene Ann Herrin, and long-time friend, Barry Duncan, all of Seguin, Texas; niece, Ricki McMillan and husband Butch McMillan of Levelland, nephew, Randy Herrin and wife Cathy, of Anton, and niece, Nancy Moore and husband Steve, of Anton, cousins Chloe Herrin Wells of Lubbock and Wayne Boone of Lawton, OK, as well as dogs Buddy, Allie and Bebe who loved him dearly. Herrin graduated from Anton High School in 1939, and attended Texas Technological College before being sworn into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He attended basic training at Shepherd Field in Wichita Falls, Texas and spent the first year of his service in training as a flight engineer and building aircraft for the World War II effort. In January, 1945, his crew ferried a B-17 bomber to England, where he was stationed at Snetterton-Heath, north of London. With Herrin, Technical Sergeant, as the top turret gunner, his crew flew 22 missions over Germany in the "Arkansas Rambler" B-17, and on its last mission on April 3, 1945, was hit by German shrapnel and although having lost two engines, made an emergency landing in Sweden, where they were detained until the war ended. Herrin was engaged in cotton farming and ranching near Anton, Texas and Gene Autry, Oklahoma from 1946 until he retired in 1986, and he and Gene resided in Anton until moving to Seguin in 2000. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Anton, the Anton Lions Club, serving as its President, and had a great love of the outdoors, enjoying many years of rv-ing, camping, fishing, hunting and golfing. The family gratefully acknowledges the exceptional care he received from Dr. Gustavo Gross and the nursing staff at GRMC during his final illness, and from Dr. Thomas Raetzsch over his last years, as well as the loving care of his faithful caregivers, Elsa Ricarte, Pam Leal, Peggy Hanover and Mry Alice Ibarra. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Anton, Texas, where he will be interred. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Owen Project, a project to bring laptop computers to rural school children in Honduras c/o St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 201 E. Nolte St., Seguin, Texas, 78155.