She was the youngest of seven children born to C D and Ida Caudell on the family farm between Cornelia and Cleveland in rural Habersham County in the midst of what her father termed "a blizzard." In a practice that was common in rural Georgia in the 1930's, she was baptized in Little Nails Creek in Banks County at the age of nine. She grew up in Level Grove Baptist Church in Cornelia and graduated from Cornelia High School in 1949. She moved to Atlanta in 1950 and attended Atlanta Business College, and later Georgia State University. She met her future husband, Ernest N Herren of the Oakdale community in 1952, and they were married on February 7, 1953. She worked for over fifteen years in office positions with Lawyers Title, The Armour Company and Square D. She was a skilled typist, stenographer, switchboard operator and real estate title clerk. She left public employment in 1967 to be a mother and homemaker. After her husband's retirement from the Georgia Power Company, she returned to work for 10 years with the Cobb County Board of Elections. She was a member of Bethany United Methodist in Smyrna at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 51 years, Ernest; and six siblings. Surviving is her son, John.
She was the youngest of seven children born to C D and Ida Caudell on the family farm between Cornelia and Cleveland in rural Habersham County in the midst of what her father termed "a blizzard." In a practice that was common in rural Georgia in the 1930's, she was baptized in Little Nails Creek in Banks County at the age of nine. She grew up in Level Grove Baptist Church in Cornelia and graduated from Cornelia High School in 1949. She moved to Atlanta in 1950 and attended Atlanta Business College, and later Georgia State University. She met her future husband, Ernest N Herren of the Oakdale community in 1952, and they were married on February 7, 1953. She worked for over fifteen years in office positions with Lawyers Title, The Armour Company and Square D. She was a skilled typist, stenographer, switchboard operator and real estate title clerk. She left public employment in 1967 to be a mother and homemaker. After her husband's retirement from the Georgia Power Company, she returned to work for 10 years with the Cobb County Board of Elections. She was a member of Bethany United Methodist in Smyrna at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 51 years, Ernest; and six siblings. Surviving is her son, John.
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