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Robert P “Bob” Harris

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Robert P “Bob” Harris Veteran

Birth
Van Vleet, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Death
6 Dec 1962 (aged 53)
Yuba City, Sutter County, California, USA
Burial
Van Vleet, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated December 27 1962

Robert P Harris Dies in Calif.

Funeral services for Robert P (Bob) Harris, who was born and reared in the Van Vleet community, and who moved to California some two years ago, were conducted Wednesday morning, Dec. 12, at 11 am, from the Houlka Funeral Home Chapel.

The Rev. Flenoy Clark officiated. Burial was in the Friendship Cemetery. He was 53.

Mr. Harris died Dec. 6 in a hospital in Yuba City, Calif. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Van Vleet Baptist Church.

His wife was the late Mrs. Carrie Belle Wilson Harris. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Catherine Dover; four sisters, Mrs. Nina Duke of Houlka, Mrs. Edna Rutledge of Memphis, Mrs. Lera Harris of Mantee and Mrs. Ruby Franks of Chate Mette, La., and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: W A Gordon, Jimmy Ray Duke, Niles Stegall, Hulet Johnson, James Culpepper and Oscar Waters.

Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated December 27 1962

Robert P Harris Dies in Calif.

Funeral services for Robert P (Bob) Harris, who was born and reared in the Van Vleet community, and who moved to California some two years ago, were conducted Wednesday morning, Dec. 12, at 11 am, from the Houlka Funeral Home Chapel.

The Rev. Flenoy Clark officiated. Burial was in the Friendship Cemetery. He was 53.

Mr. Harris died Dec. 6 in a hospital in Yuba City, Calif. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Van Vleet Baptist Church.

His wife was the late Mrs. Carrie Belle Wilson Harris. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mary Catherine Dover; four sisters, Mrs. Nina Duke of Houlka, Mrs. Edna Rutledge of Memphis, Mrs. Lera Harris of Mantee and Mrs. Ruby Franks of Chate Mette, La., and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers were: W A Gordon, Jimmy Ray Duke, Niles Stegall, Hulet Johnson, James Culpepper and Oscar Waters.


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MISSISSIPPI
PFC CO B 1277 ENGR BN
WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: Barbara Wiley Hamby
  • Added: Apr 20, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26168438/robert_p-harris: accessed ), memorial page for Robert P “Bob” Harris (14 May 1909–6 Dec 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26168438, citing Friendship Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Van Vleet, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Barbara Wiley Hamby (contributor 46991563).