Longview Morning Journal
Longview, Texas
Saturday, July 17, 1965, front page
Justice Of Peace W. M. Harrison Dies
W. M. (Mack) Harrison of 1208 South Fredonia Street, widely-known and popular Gregg County justice of the peace, died unexpectedly at 12:55 a.m. Friday. He was 71 years of age.
Members of the family said he was taken ill at the family home around 12:30 a.m. Friday. an ambulance took him to Good Shepherd Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Death was blamed on a heart attack.
Judge Harrison was at his office Thursday morning and appeared to be in the best of health. He was not at his office Thursday afternoon, as he usually takes that part of the week off unless some office matter demands his presence there.
The four Gregg County commissioners at a special meeting Friday morning appointed Judge Harrison's wife, Mrs. Noma Conkin Harrison, to serve the remained of his term, which extends to December 31, 1966.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodland Christian Church of which he was a member, elder, and past chairman of the board of elders.
Officiating will be the pastor, the Rev. J. E. Montgomery; and Dr. Dean Harrison and the Rev. George Dickinson. Interment will be in Memory Park Cemetery under direction of the Rader Funeral Home.
Judge Harrison was born in Gainesville, Mo., in 1894, and was educated in that city. Later, he married Miss Noma Conkin of Gainesville, and they moved to Skiatook, Okla., where he was engaged in the automobile business from 1918 to 1928.
The family moved to San Angelo that year and Judge Harrison entered the insurance business, remaining in that West Texas town until 1943 when they moved to Longview, where he continued in the insurance field.
In 1954, the late Jeff Richardson, then justice of the peace for Precinct 1, was re-nominated for re-election but died before the general election.
The county Democratic executive committee nominated Judge Harrison for the vacancy and he was duly elected at the general election on Nov. 2, 1954.
He was subsequently elected to four-year terms in 1958 and 1962.
In addition to his church activities, Judge Harrison was a member and past director of the Longview Kiwanis Club, was a member of Longview Lodge No. 404, AF&AM; and was a member of the Justices of the Peace Association of Texas.
Besides his wife, Judge Harrison is survived by a son, Guy Harrison, well-known Longview insurance man; three grandchildren, Guy, Gay and Kim Harrison, all of Longview; two brothers, Glenn Harrison of Springfield, Mo. and Guy Harrison of Pasadena, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. S. W. Brown of Springfield, Mo. and Miss Cosby Harrison of Kansas City, Mo.
Longview, Texas
Saturday, July 17, 1965, front page
Justice Of Peace W. M. Harrison Dies
W. M. (Mack) Harrison of 1208 South Fredonia Street, widely-known and popular Gregg County justice of the peace, died unexpectedly at 12:55 a.m. Friday. He was 71 years of age.
Members of the family said he was taken ill at the family home around 12:30 a.m. Friday. an ambulance took him to Good Shepherd Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Death was blamed on a heart attack.
Judge Harrison was at his office Thursday morning and appeared to be in the best of health. He was not at his office Thursday afternoon, as he usually takes that part of the week off unless some office matter demands his presence there.
The four Gregg County commissioners at a special meeting Friday morning appointed Judge Harrison's wife, Mrs. Noma Conkin Harrison, to serve the remained of his term, which extends to December 31, 1966.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodland Christian Church of which he was a member, elder, and past chairman of the board of elders.
Officiating will be the pastor, the Rev. J. E. Montgomery; and Dr. Dean Harrison and the Rev. George Dickinson. Interment will be in Memory Park Cemetery under direction of the Rader Funeral Home.
Judge Harrison was born in Gainesville, Mo., in 1894, and was educated in that city. Later, he married Miss Noma Conkin of Gainesville, and they moved to Skiatook, Okla., where he was engaged in the automobile business from 1918 to 1928.
The family moved to San Angelo that year and Judge Harrison entered the insurance business, remaining in that West Texas town until 1943 when they moved to Longview, where he continued in the insurance field.
In 1954, the late Jeff Richardson, then justice of the peace for Precinct 1, was re-nominated for re-election but died before the general election.
The county Democratic executive committee nominated Judge Harrison for the vacancy and he was duly elected at the general election on Nov. 2, 1954.
He was subsequently elected to four-year terms in 1958 and 1962.
In addition to his church activities, Judge Harrison was a member and past director of the Longview Kiwanis Club, was a member of Longview Lodge No. 404, AF&AM; and was a member of the Justices of the Peace Association of Texas.
Besides his wife, Judge Harrison is survived by a son, Guy Harrison, well-known Longview insurance man; three grandchildren, Guy, Gay and Kim Harrison, all of Longview; two brothers, Glenn Harrison of Springfield, Mo. and Guy Harrison of Pasadena, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. S. W. Brown of Springfield, Mo. and Miss Cosby Harrison of Kansas City, Mo.
Longview Morning Journal
Longview, Texas
Saturday, July 17, 1965, front page
Justice Of Peace W. M. Harrison Dies
W. M. (Mack) Harrison of 1208 South Fredonia Street, widely-known and popular Gregg County justice of the peace, died unexpectedly at 12:55 a.m. Friday. He was 71 years of age.
Members of the family said he was taken ill at the family home around 12:30 a.m. Friday. an ambulance took him to Good Shepherd Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Death was blamed on a heart attack.
Judge Harrison was at his office Thursday morning and appeared to be in the best of health. He was not at his office Thursday afternoon, as he usually takes that part of the week off unless some office matter demands his presence there.
The four Gregg County commissioners at a special meeting Friday morning appointed Judge Harrison's wife, Mrs. Noma Conkin Harrison, to serve the remained of his term, which extends to December 31, 1966.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodland Christian Church of which he was a member, elder, and past chairman of the board of elders.
Officiating will be the pastor, the Rev. J. E. Montgomery; and Dr. Dean Harrison and the Rev. George Dickinson. Interment will be in Memory Park Cemetery under direction of the Rader Funeral Home.
Judge Harrison was born in Gainesville, Mo., in 1894, and was educated in that city. Later, he married Miss Noma Conkin of Gainesville, and they moved to Skiatook, Okla., where he was engaged in the automobile business from 1918 to 1928.
The family moved to San Angelo that year and Judge Harrison entered the insurance business, remaining in that West Texas town until 1943 when they moved to Longview, where he continued in the insurance field.
In 1954, the late Jeff Richardson, then justice of the peace for Precinct 1, was re-nominated for re-election but died before the general election.
The county Democratic executive committee nominated Judge Harrison for the vacancy and he was duly elected at the general election on Nov. 2, 1954.
He was subsequently elected to four-year terms in 1958 and 1962.
In addition to his church activities, Judge Harrison was a member and past director of the Longview Kiwanis Club, was a member of Longview Lodge No. 404, AF&AM; and was a member of the Justices of the Peace Association of Texas.
Besides his wife, Judge Harrison is survived by a son, Guy Harrison, well-known Longview insurance man; three grandchildren, Guy, Gay and Kim Harrison, all of Longview; two brothers, Glenn Harrison of Springfield, Mo. and Guy Harrison of Pasadena, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. S. W. Brown of Springfield, Mo. and Miss Cosby Harrison of Kansas City, Mo.
Longview, Texas
Saturday, July 17, 1965, front page
Justice Of Peace W. M. Harrison Dies
W. M. (Mack) Harrison of 1208 South Fredonia Street, widely-known and popular Gregg County justice of the peace, died unexpectedly at 12:55 a.m. Friday. He was 71 years of age.
Members of the family said he was taken ill at the family home around 12:30 a.m. Friday. an ambulance took him to Good Shepherd Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Death was blamed on a heart attack.
Judge Harrison was at his office Thursday morning and appeared to be in the best of health. He was not at his office Thursday afternoon, as he usually takes that part of the week off unless some office matter demands his presence there.
The four Gregg County commissioners at a special meeting Friday morning appointed Judge Harrison's wife, Mrs. Noma Conkin Harrison, to serve the remained of his term, which extends to December 31, 1966.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodland Christian Church of which he was a member, elder, and past chairman of the board of elders.
Officiating will be the pastor, the Rev. J. E. Montgomery; and Dr. Dean Harrison and the Rev. George Dickinson. Interment will be in Memory Park Cemetery under direction of the Rader Funeral Home.
Judge Harrison was born in Gainesville, Mo., in 1894, and was educated in that city. Later, he married Miss Noma Conkin of Gainesville, and they moved to Skiatook, Okla., where he was engaged in the automobile business from 1918 to 1928.
The family moved to San Angelo that year and Judge Harrison entered the insurance business, remaining in that West Texas town until 1943 when they moved to Longview, where he continued in the insurance field.
In 1954, the late Jeff Richardson, then justice of the peace for Precinct 1, was re-nominated for re-election but died before the general election.
The county Democratic executive committee nominated Judge Harrison for the vacancy and he was duly elected at the general election on Nov. 2, 1954.
He was subsequently elected to four-year terms in 1958 and 1962.
In addition to his church activities, Judge Harrison was a member and past director of the Longview Kiwanis Club, was a member of Longview Lodge No. 404, AF&AM; and was a member of the Justices of the Peace Association of Texas.
Besides his wife, Judge Harrison is survived by a son, Guy Harrison, well-known Longview insurance man; three grandchildren, Guy, Gay and Kim Harrison, all of Longview; two brothers, Glenn Harrison of Springfield, Mo. and Guy Harrison of Pasadena, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. S. W. Brown of Springfield, Mo. and Miss Cosby Harrison of Kansas City, Mo.
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