RAISED BY THE PROUD PARENTS OF JASPER AND LENA TOLBERT, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. HERMAN WAS BORN ON AUGUST 16,1950. HE WAS RAISED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
HERMAN WAS BAPTIZED AT AN EARLY AGE AT FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE FAITHFULLY SERVERED AS AN USHER FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HIS HEALTH CHANGED AND STARTED ATTENDING PROGRESSIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS EDUCATIONED IN THE HISD SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE WORKED FOR STAR FURNITURE FOR 45 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. AFTER RETIREMENT HE CONTINUED ON, BY PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY HELPING AND ALWAYS REMINDING EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ABOUT GOD AND "DON'T FORGET TO PRAY".
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, BY SO MANY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE HE LOVED HIS DAILY WALKS. HE WOULD SEE THE NEIGHBORS TRASH CANS OUTSIDE AND POLITELY PUT AWAY.  HE WAS A GREAT FRIEND. HE WAS LOVED BY SO MANY, A QUITE MAN ALWAYS WITH A SMILE.
PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS JASPER AND LENA AND ALSO LILY BELLE WYATT; SIBLINGS; STEVEN, MARIE, JAMES AND SHARON.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS SPECIAL COUSIN; MAE BLAYLOCK & SPECIAL FRIEND WILLETHA MURRAY; LIKE A BROTHER; CHARLES (MS TONYA) HUBBARD; SIBLINGS; LILY, CLYDE, WILL JR. WILLIAM, ROBIN, RONNIE, SHERRY AND ATHEA AND A HOST OF COUSINS, DENISE HERRING, NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.