Herschell Parks Prickett Jr. 87 was born June 27, 1924 in Dallas, Texas to the home of Herschell Parks Prickett Sr. and Mary Ellen Farrow Prickett and passed away in Kerns, Texas September 15, 2011. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving his country during World War II and received a honorable discharge from the Army at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California. Herschel was an only child. He is survived by a few distant relatives and his church family at The First Baptist Church in Tool, TX. Funeral services were held September 20, 2011 at the First Baptist Church in Tool, TX. with Rev. Ed Brannan officiating. Burial followed at Grovehill Memorial Park in Dallas under the direction of Moorhead Epps Funeral Home in Gun Barrel City, TX.