Mrs. Agatha Herring Black Novak, 88, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025, at Winona Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 6, 1937, in Poplar Creek. She was the daughter of Lily Lucille King and Carl Edward Herring. She was married to Gwain Black of Poplar Creek on December 24, 1954. He died eleven months later from a hunting accident.