Noel Elwood Herndon 
Noel was born on June 16th, 1922 in Harper County, Oklahoma. Noel's father was DeMoss Herndon and his mother was Nannie Anna Smith. His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Herndon and Alpharetta (Retta) Hume; his maternal grandparents were James William Smith and Flora Stith. He had two sisters named Loretta and Luella. He was the youngest of the three children. He died at the age of 81 on December 17th, 2003 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.General Notes
Daily Oklahoman, The
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 19, 2003 page 18A
Noel Elwood Herndon, 81, born June 16, 1922 near Buffalo, Oklahoma, left this earth on December 17th to celebrate Christmas with Christ. He grew up in the panhandle during the dust bowl years, attended Business College in Kansas, and then joined the army corp at the beginning of WWII. He was trained as a co pilot on B17s and was assigned to the 835th Squadron of 486 Bomb Group at Sudbury. He flew 35 missions over Europe and was injured on his last flight. His commendations include the Purple Heart, Air Medal, 4 Oak Leaf Clusters and ETO with 2 battle stars. He returned to Oklahoma, began college at OU, married his wife, Cathy Hough, then graduated from OU and the OU School of Medicine in 1955. Dr. Herndon practiced family medicine in NW OKC for 40 years, treating hundreds of patients with love and kindness before retiring at 75. As a board certified family practioner, he held the office of President of the OKC Clinical Society as well as other local and state medical organizations. He was on staff at Baptist and Deaconess hospitals for over 30 years, serving as Chief of Staff at Deaconess in 1960 and was also the Medical Director at Lackey Manor for 25 years.
He is survived by his church family at Heritage Baptist Church, a body of believers that the Lord brought together in the Herndon home in 1980. He was the first elder at Heritage and a Bible teacher for years there and previously at Village Baptist. His greatest joys were His Lord, his family, and serving others.
He is also survived by his wife of 57 years, Cathy, three children and their spouses, Cindy and husband, Dr. Charles McWilliams, Susan and husband, Sam Ray; New Mexico and Mark Herndon and his wife Andrea, Dallas. Other survivors include grandchildren Aaron, Meredith, Molly, Heidi, Jennifer, Tonya, Jessie, Natalie, and many other relatives and friends.
A memorial celebration of his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. at Heritage Baptist Church, 14317 N. Council Rd., OKC. Visitation will be held at Vondel L. Smith & Son North on Friday, December l9th from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Heritage Baptist Church where they will be dispersed to charities designated by the family.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1729 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.1799 in Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.1765 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.1808 in Fayette County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1733
- b.1808 in Kentucky
- b.1740 in Virginia d.> 1800 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1769 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.< 1839 in Fayette County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1740
- b.13 Jun 1853 in Platte County, Missouri d. in Harper County, Oklahoma
- b.23 Apr 1754 in Preston's Chance, Harford County, Maryland d.1802 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
- b.03 Aug 1778 in Harford County, Maryland d.30 Apr 1874 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.1758 in Harford County, Maryland d.1793 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.15 Nov 1812 in Mason County, Kentucky d.24 Dec 1897
- b.~ 1749 in St. George, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.~ 1815 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.30 Apr 1781 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.02 May 1852 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b. in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.11 Oct 1890 in Strasburg, Cass County, Missouri d.1923 in Harper County, Oklahoma
- b. in Kentucky d. in Kentucky
- b.08 Jul 1825 in Bourbon County, Kentucky d.11 Apr 1901 in Strasburg, Cass County, Missouri
- b.01 Sep 1765 in North Carolina or Pennsylvania d.11 Jan 1852 in Harrison County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1804 in Harrison County, Kentucky
- b. in Virginia d.< 1850 in Harrison County, Kentucky
- b.23 Oct 1860 in Harrison County, Kentucky d.09 Dec 1911 in Harper County, Kansas
- b.~ 1760 d.1833 in Harrison County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1795 in Pennsylvania d.~Jan 1861
- b.~ 1833 in Kentucky d.18 Oct 1865 in Harrison County, Kentucky or Strasburg, Cass County, Missouri
- b.~ 1770 d.1816 in Harrison County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1794 d.14 Jul 1843 in Harrison County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1770
- b.16 Jun 1922 in Harper County, Oklahoma d.17 Dec 2003 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- b.01 Jun 1865 in Meade County, Kentucky d.23 Jan 1915 in Meade County, Kentucky
- b.07 Mar 1895 in Meade County, Kentucky d.1973
- b.17 Mar 1873 in Meade County, Kentucky d.03 May 1948
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