THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 7, 1996 TAG: 9608070312
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 25 lines
Melvin Ira Harris, 38, of 801 Oak Springs Court, Newport News, died Monday, Aug. 5, 1996, in Sentara Hampton General Hospital.
He was a native of Norfolk and had lived in Virginia most of his life, and was a son of Kenneth R. and Ruby Travis Harris. He was a food service dietician with First Hospital Corporation in Norfolk from 1988 until 1993.
In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by a sister, Cheryl L. Bitterling of Newport News; three brothers, Kenny R. Harris, Gary A. Harris, Edward R. Harris, all of Virginia Beach; a daughter, Ashley Robley of Hooper, Neb.; a son, Nicholas Robley of Hooper; paternal grandmother, Mabel Harris of Virginia Beach; and best friend, Russell Grimm of Newport News.
A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Ave. Chapel, by the Rev. Joseph E. Brewer and Sister Mary Joan Kentz. Burial will follow in Willowood Cemetery, Sandbridge Road. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorial donations may be made to the Transformation Retreat, c/o Ruth Fitzsimmons, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 823 Park Ave., Richmond, Va. 23220 or the Candii House, 3309 Granby St., Norfolk, 23508.
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