Tommie Joyce Herring Lea Obituary
In loving memory of Tommie Joyce Herring Lea of Bogalusa, Louisiana, who departed this world on October 14, 2024 at the age of 100. Tommie Joyce Herring leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Tommie Joyce Herring farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Tommie Joyce Herring is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Thomas Herring and Velma Herring; her husband Harry Donald Lea, Sr.; and her daughter Laura Lea Smith. She is survived by: her children, Harry Donald Lea, Jr. (Rene), Joy McMichael (George) and Faith Dawn Heddings (Ray); and her sister Ettie Faye Windham. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, four nephews, and two nieces.
