Herbert Harrell

Herbert Harrell
Photo Courtesy of
Isabel Harrell Cook

Herbert Harrell was born Jasper Leon Harrell, Sr. and Josephine Richardson Harrell in 1947 in Amite, Louisiana. He served in Vietnam and after receiving a Honorable Discharged he returned to Amite, La. He was married to Mary Ann Gordon and they were the parents of three sons. Rodney Harrell, Lance Harrell, and Todd Harrell. He and his family lived in New Orleans before moving back to Amite, Louisiana. He followed his father footsteps and became a carpenter and he enjoyed planting a garden. Later he became a ordained minister of the gospel.