Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Harper, Harold Fraser "Sonny" February 26, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 March 16, 2006, 8:36 pm The Brunswick News; Friday 28 February 2003; pg. 4A col. 1 Harold Fraser “Sonny” Harper, 75, passed away on February 26, 2003, at his home on Blythe Island. His boyhood days were spent in the Arco Community where his entire family was actively involved in baseball and the Arco Methodist Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in occupied France. He readily introduced himself as “165 pounds of walking hell from Arco, Ga.” After his army discharge, Sonny married Marianna Tyre, formerly of Baxley. Sonny worked in the local shipyard and other construction jobs, and in 1957, Sonny opened South Georgia Tower and Tank. He and Marianna were married for 51 years on February 10th. They have a daughter, Marjanne Woods; a son, Pete Harper, three grandchildren, Sean Gibbs, Garrett Gibbs and Marjanna Markham. Sonny was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Harper. He has two sisters, Virginia Strickland and Bette Ann Mavromat. He loved fast black trucks, racing and his family and employees. All of his loved ones will miss him greatly. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Kase and the Rev. Gordon “Butch” Dukes officiating. Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Troy Faircloth, Herman Diestel, Jerome Dean, Johnny Mavromat, Bobby Strickland, Hal Strickland, Jimmy Souter and Mike Strickland. Honorary pallbearers will be Bonnie Caldwell, Lula Holmes, Buddy Webb, R.E. Thomas, Levi Woods, Mike Gibbs, Greg Gibbs, Jake Jacobs, Pat Strickland, Mae Lipthratt, Donnie and Virginia Lipthratt, Jamie Souter, Charlie Johnson Sr., Charlie Johnson Jr., Clarke Wiggins, William Meyer and employees of South Georgia Tower and Tank Inc. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Golden Isles or a charity of the donor’s choice. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at www.glynngen.com or the sister site at www.rootsweb.com/~gaglynn/ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/h/harper3964gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb