Services slated for Glenn William Herrod
Glenn William Herrod was born April 12, 1962 in Lynwood, California to William Buddy and Carlene (Hornell) Herrod and passed from this life as the result of a tragic accident on August 8, 2020 at the age of 58.
Glenn spent his early years in California where he attended grade school before his family relocated to Utah. In 1971 his father passed away and his mother moved the family to Oklahoma City. There he attended Douglas High School. While still in Oklahoma City in 1984 he was sent to prison where he spent the next 33 years. While incarcerated he became very active in Native American ministries and was the leader of the praise and worship team wherever he was sent. He played the bass guitar and sang the lead vocals. Following his release in 2017 he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to be near family. The following year while back in Oklahoma he married Carol Battiest. He was back and forth between Oklahoma and New Mexico, but he and Carol called Oklahoma City their home.
Glenn loved singing and playing guitar. He also enjoyed bead work and was a fine auto mechanic. When he was tragically killed, he had just returned to Wetumka to work on the family property west of town where he was planning to make a home.
Glenn was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Anthony and Chad Herrod and Jay Harrison.
Survivors include: his wife Carol Herrod of the home in Oklahoma City; two sisters, Glenda Fixico and husband Charlie of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Christine Herrod of Denver, Colorado; two step-grandchildren, five-year-old Manuel and four year old Isaiah Jackson; along with several nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends.
The family has requested that visitation be held Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home. He will be taken to the Tookparfka Indian Baptist Church in Calvin Friday afternoon and a wake service will be held that evening. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 15 at 11:00 a.m. With Rev. Duane Wesley and Rev. Alan Washington officiating. Pallbearers will be Michael Herrod, Kyle Davis, Todd Wesley, Eaglebear Eastman, Shannon Hartfield, and Kirt Herrod. Honorary bearers will be Charlie Fixico, Anthony Yahola, Tayden Leanos, and Gabriel Cleary. Interment will be in the Herrod Family Cemetery west of Wetumka under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home of Wetumka.
The family has asked that masks be worn at the funeral home visitation and at the church ceremonies.