BARROW COUNTY, GA - OBITS   A. J. Harrison

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Bethlehem Man Passes

A. J. Harrison, One of County's Oldest Citizens Dies

A. J. Harrison, on of the oldest and most respected
citizens of the Bethlehem section of Barrow county died
at his home in that community Monday evening at six
thirty o'clock.  Death followed an illness of several
weeks.  Mr. Harrison was eighty three years of age and
had lived all his life in the section where he was born
and reared.  He was a member of one of the oldest and
best known families of Georgia and for nearly three
quarters of a century had been one of the leading
citizens of his section of the state.

For a long time he had been a loyal member of the
Corinth Methodist church and lived his religion in his
every day life and in his dealings with his neighbors. 
He was an outstanding citizen always lending his
influence to worthy causes and projects that promised
the development on his community and section.

Funeral services were held from Corinth church Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. P.
Chandler, a life long friend and Rev. R. E. Lyle,
pastor of the Bethlehem Methodist church.  One of the
largest crowds ever to gather for such an occasion was
present to pay a last tribute of respect and love to
the deceased.  Interment was in the churchyard cemetery
with Williams and Cannon Funeral Home in charge of the
burial arrangements.

Surviving Mr. Harrison are his wife and the following
nine children:  Mrs. G. W. Fuller, Mrs. J. H. Austin,
Mrs. J. G. Thompson, and Mrs. H. G. Adcock of Winder;
J. T. Harrison of Bethlehem; Mrs. J. E. Holloway,
Lexington, Okla., Henry Harrison, Blanchard, Okla; Mrs
Calvin Etheridge of Dacula; Lloyd Harrison of Monroe.
One sister, Mrs. J. H. Beddingfield of Lakemont, also survives.