Wayne Herin
Carl Wayne Herin, 65, of Bridge City, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at his home.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Elder Jimmy Nelson of Landmark Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City.

Serving as pallbearers will be Colby Herin, Logan Herin, Daniel Broussard, Kevin Broussard, Lexington Newell, Randy Gardiner, Joey Newell, Jesse Herin, and Bo Herin.

Wayne was born in Ashland, Kentucky on June 6, 1953. He was an electrician and retired from the IBEW Local 479. Wayne was a Bible Teacher and a member of Landmark Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Debra Gardiner Herin; son, Jesse and Charlsey Herin; daughter, Jill and Joey Newell; seven grandchildren, Colby Herin, Logan Herin, Hallie Herin, Bo Herin, Lexington Newell, Karissa Newell, and Laila Newell.

He is also survived by his sister, Gwen Broussard and husband Nelson; mother-in-law, Rella Gardiner and her children, Randy Gardiner and Michelle, Judy Krueger, Nancy Kollaja and Daniel, Sandra Kobs and Nelson, and Jane Diggs, uncles and aunts, Jimmy and Emily Broussard, Teresa Krout, Willie and Juanita Soape, Billie Joe McKinney, and Harold & Jackie McKinney.

He is preceded in death by his father, Walter Herin; mother, Lola Herin; sisters, Janine Herin & Linda and Dale Trahan; father-in-law, U.S. Marine Richard Gardiner; brother-in-law, Dan Gardiner; and sister-in-law, Peggy Gardiner.

Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.”