Stephens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Harris, William “ Bill ” Furr August 2, 2006 ************************************************ 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: Christine Crumley - Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003050 January 6, 2007, 9:17 pm Madison County Journal, 10Aug 2006 William “Bill” Furr Harris, 85, of Marietta, died Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at the Sunrise of East Cobb Personal Care Home in Marietta. He was born on June 25, 1921, and was the son of the late Leroy C. Harris Sr. and Bess Furr Harris. He was born in Stephens County, where he lived for most of his life, having lived in Commerce for three years and in Marietta for the past year. He was retired from Coats and Clark after 47 years of service, and was former Mayor and City Commissioner of Toccoa. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Toccoa, a life-member of the V.F.W. Post 4346, where he served as the former quarter master for a long number of years, and on the V.F.W. Honor Guard. Mr. Harris was a member of the Toccoa Elks Club, life- member of the American Legion Post 104, former Cub Scout Master of Pack 168, recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, and member of the Toccoa Planning Commission. Mr. Harris was a veteran, having served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II and in the Korean War. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Davis Harris; and by a brother, Leroy C. Harris Jr. Survivors include a daughter, Jan Harris, Acworth; grandson, William Andrew Lewis; two sisters, Mary Bess Clark, Princeton, N.J., and Rose Langston, St Simons Island; sister-in-law, Alice Hayes, Toccoa. Funeral services were held Friday, August 4, at the St. Marthias Episcopal Church. Burial was in Stephens Memorial Gardens with the V.F.W. Post 4346 conducting military honors. Pallbearers were Jeptha Perry, Archie Devlin, James Neal, Stephen Bloomingdale, Jay Green, and Steve Spruill. Memorial contributions may be made to the Acworth Art Guild, c/o Acworth City Hall, 4145 Senator Russell Avenue, Acworth, Ga. 30101. Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Toccoa, was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/stephens/obits/h/harris6411gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb