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Rachel <I>Harris</I> Roark

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Rachel Harris Roark

Birth
Union County, South Carolina, USA
Death
19 May 2006 (aged 79)
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Rachel Harris Roark, 79, of 1134 Old Pump Station Road, Union, widow of Brady Roark, died Friday, May 19, 2006, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.
Mrs. Roark was born in Union, January 27, 1927, the daughter of the late James Wallace Harris and Nannie Mae Gault Harris. She was a graduate of Kelly Pinckney School, Spartanburg Methodist College and retired from United Merchants - Union Plant after 42 years of service. Mrs. Roark was a life-time member of Foster's Chapel United Methodist Church where she received Mother of the Year Adward on Mothers Day, May 17, 2006 and was a member of the Adult Sunday School Class. She was a three times Cancer Survivor and a member of the Foster's Chapel United Methodist Church Relay for Life Team.
Surviving are two sons, Dennis Roark and wife Trina of Jonesville and Keith Roark and wife Gerri of Union; a daughter, Cornelia Ford and husband Danny of Union; two sisters, Ada Adams and Dorothy Morris both of Union; two brothers, Manual Harris and Curtis Harris both of Union; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Roark was predeceased by two sisters and three brothers, Sarah Howell, Lillian Wix, Everette Harris, Frank Harris and Douglas Harris.
Rachel Harris Roark, 79, of 1134 Old Pump Station Road, Union, widow of Brady Roark, died Friday, May 19, 2006, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.
Mrs. Roark was born in Union, January 27, 1927, the daughter of the late James Wallace Harris and Nannie Mae Gault Harris. She was a graduate of Kelly Pinckney School, Spartanburg Methodist College and retired from United Merchants - Union Plant after 42 years of service. Mrs. Roark was a life-time member of Foster's Chapel United Methodist Church where she received Mother of the Year Adward on Mothers Day, May 17, 2006 and was a member of the Adult Sunday School Class. She was a three times Cancer Survivor and a member of the Foster's Chapel United Methodist Church Relay for Life Team.
Surviving are two sons, Dennis Roark and wife Trina of Jonesville and Keith Roark and wife Gerri of Union; a daughter, Cornelia Ford and husband Danny of Union; two sisters, Ada Adams and Dorothy Morris both of Union; two brothers, Manual Harris and Curtis Harris both of Union; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Roark was predeceased by two sisters and three brothers, Sarah Howell, Lillian Wix, Everette Harris, Frank Harris and Douglas Harris.

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  • Maintained by: Ties that Bind
  • Originally Created by: Frank & Lillian
  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14733522/rachel-roark: accessed ), memorial page for Rachel Harris Roark (27 Jan 1927–19 May 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14733522, citing Foster Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Ties that Bind (contributor 47993375).