Mr. Harris was born March 22, 1927 in Cordele, GA, son of Jarvis B. and Mary O. Harris. While quite young his family moved to Charlotte, NC where members of his family had opened what is now known as the Harris-Teeter Super Markets.
Mr. Harris served honorably with the U.S. Marines Fourth Division in the South Pacific during WWII engaging in combat in four major battles including the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima and received the Purple Heart having been wounded numerous times.
After discharge from the military, he served in various ministries including Director of Youth for Christ in Charlotte, NC; pastor of a church in New Mexico, and many years with Christian Schools, Inc. out of Mountlake Terrace, WA establishing more than 70 Christian schools across the United States, including Indianapolis, IN, West Palm Beach, FL, Hagerstown, MD, Akron, OH, and Cuyahoga Falls, OH. He held a Ph.D. in Education.
On September 2, 1945 he married his high school sweetheart, Frances Whitley, from Charlotte, who survives him. They have five children, Frances (Bonnie) Frodge, Alturas; Kye Harris III, Winter Haven; Sue Whicker, Winter Haven; Jeanne Cooper, Newnan, GA; and the late Virginia Kram. They have 14 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother, Robert L. Harris of Charlotte, NC and three sisters, Mary Lee Polk of Charlotte; Benita Reed of Columbia, SC; and Joyce Scott of Huntsville, AL, and many nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the Community Bible Chapel in Alturas, FL, where Dr. Dan Frodge is Pastor.
Published in the Orlando Sentinel on 10/28/2007.
Mr. Harris was born March 22, 1927 in Cordele, GA, son of Jarvis B. and Mary O. Harris. While quite young his family moved to Charlotte, NC where members of his family had opened what is now known as the Harris-Teeter Super Markets.
Mr. Harris served honorably with the U.S. Marines Fourth Division in the South Pacific during WWII engaging in combat in four major battles including the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima and received the Purple Heart having been wounded numerous times.
After discharge from the military, he served in various ministries including Director of Youth for Christ in Charlotte, NC; pastor of a church in New Mexico, and many years with Christian Schools, Inc. out of Mountlake Terrace, WA establishing more than 70 Christian schools across the United States, including Indianapolis, IN, West Palm Beach, FL, Hagerstown, MD, Akron, OH, and Cuyahoga Falls, OH. He held a Ph.D. in Education.
On September 2, 1945 he married his high school sweetheart, Frances Whitley, from Charlotte, who survives him. They have five children, Frances (Bonnie) Frodge, Alturas; Kye Harris III, Winter Haven; Sue Whicker, Winter Haven; Jeanne Cooper, Newnan, GA; and the late Virginia Kram. They have 14 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother, Robert L. Harris of Charlotte, NC and three sisters, Mary Lee Polk of Charlotte; Benita Reed of Columbia, SC; and Joyce Scott of Huntsville, AL, and many nieces and nephews.
He was a member of the Community Bible Chapel in Alturas, FL, where Dr. Dan Frodge is Pastor.
Published in the Orlando Sentinel on 10/28/2007.
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Evelyn Harris Teagle
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William Thomas Harris
1909–1989
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George Livingston Harris
1911–1982
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Cecil Stewart Harris
1913–1998
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Gertrude Elizabeth Harris
1915–1917
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Mary Lee Harris Polk
1919–2016
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Sarah Helen Harris Titshaw
1921–2002
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1922–1995
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Augusta Benita Harris Reed
1924–2015
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