Linda Jean Herman, 77, of Eureka, passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 at Greenwood County Hospital surrounded by friends and family. She was born Nov. 6, 1947, in Hawthorne, Calif., the daughter of Earl and Catherine Smith.
Linda grew up in southern California. She married Robert A. Herman III on Oct. 9, 1976, and gave birth to their daughter, Lacy Scarbrough (Herman) in 1978. She and her husband owned their own residential and commercial cleaning business for many years while living in southern California until they moved to Eureka, in Nov. 1999 following their daughter’s move to Eureka in 1996.
While living in Eureka, Linda worked as a waitress at Cindy’s Copper Kettle for four years and was a substitute para at Marshall Elementary School where she greatly enjoyed working with children with special needs. Linda loved people and touched the hearts of many she met in her years living in Eureka.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Catherine Smith and granddaughter, Faith Autumn Scarbrough.
Survivors include husband of 48 years, Robert A. Herman III; daughter, Lacy Scarbrough; two step-granddaughters of Eureka; and brother, Jack M. Smith of Torrance, Calif.
A celebration of life will be at her daughter and sonin- law’s home this spring.
