

Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Orvil and Norma Jean "Mickie" Herman, his brother Mark Herman, and his father and mother-in-law, Henry and Leah (Fritzler) Winters.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Kathryn Kay (Winters) Herman, daughter Jennifer Herman Holloway and her husband Shane Tharrington, son Daniel Nicholas "Nick" Herman and his wife Jennifer (Davis) Herman, and son, Joe Atkinson. He is also survived by sisters and brothers-in-law, Cathy and Jack Thomas and Patti and Denny Hunter, sister-in-law Rebecca Herman, four nephews and a niece.
Mike’s grandchildren include Courtney (Holloway) Welch and her husband Jared Welch, Aaron Holloway and Cody Melton, Jonathan Holloway, Jessie Atkinson, Abby Herman, Ashley Herman, Chase Tharrington, Kathryn Holloway and great-granddaughter Kyra Welch.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 1701 E. Millbrook Rd., Raleigh. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
If you would like to make a contribution in Mike’s honor, the family has established The “Michael L. Herman Scholarship for Reputation Studies” at N.C. State University. To make a donation, please send a check made out to the “N.C. State Foundation” with the scholarship’s name in the memo section to the Department of Communication, N.C. State University, 201 Winston Hall, Campus Box 8104, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8104.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownwynnemillbrook.com
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