Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 24, 1994 TAG: 9402240298
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: NARROWS LENGTH: Short
OBIT HARRIS, WILLIAM LARKIN ("BILL")
HARRIS, William Larkin ("Bill"), 81, of 201 Fairview Street, Narrows, died
Wednesday, February 23, 1994 in the Giles Memorial Hospital, Pearisburg, Va.
He was born in Ringo, Ga. on January 24, 1913 and was the son of the late
William Franklin and Sarah Ellen Evans Harris. He was preceded in death by
three brothers, Orville, Arnold and Alard Harris. He was a veteran of WW II
and was a life member of the V.F.W. Post #6000 of Narrows. He was a member of
the Modern Woodman Of The World and was a retired merchant. He is survived by
his wife Ruth Brandon Harris; a daughter, Colleen Harris Kelley of Narrows; a
brother, Hubert H. Harris, Mullins, W.Va; two sisters, Gladys Leath and Nell
Bates, both of Fort Payne, Ala.; two grandchildren, Rusty Kelley of Charlotte,
N.C. and Angela Kelley of Narrows; six great-grandchildren. Funeral services
will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Riffe's Funeral Chapel in Narrows with the
Rev. Kimball Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery,
Narrows. The family will receive friends at Riffe's in Narrows, Thursday
evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
by CNB