Herbert "Herb" Huff

HERBERT LEE HUFF
HERBERT "HERB" HUFF OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT IRONTON, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1927. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE OLA MARZEE HUFF. HERB DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN FESTUS, MISSOURI ON APRIL 27, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
HERB WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JANICE (EGBERT) HUFF ON MARCH 14, 1953 AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN. JANICE PRECEDED HER HUSBAND IN DEATH ON JANUARY 22, 2001.
HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, DEBBIE FRENCH OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI AND MISSY MERCER AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TWO SONS, TONY HUFF OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND KIRK HUFF AND SISSY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, AMY KITCHELL AND HUSBAND KENNY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, FREDDIE NIXON OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, MEAGAN MERCER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND JARED MERCER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, HERB HUFF JR.
HERB WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH.
HERB ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE POTOSI ELKS LODGE AND HAD A LIFETIME CAREER AS A MEAT CUTTER, WORKING FOR KROGER, OWNED AND OPERATED POTOSI LOCKER PLANT, WARD'S FOOD MART IN POTOSI AND AT MANY OTHER LOCAL GROCERY AND MEAT STORES. HE ALSO ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS AND TRYING HIS LUCK AT THE HORSE RACES. HERB WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL IN POTOSI WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE N.S. VICKERY, JACK VICKERY, STEVE SKAGGS, JERRY WEST, ALLEN MERCER AND FREDDIE NIXON.