Obituaries:  Hollis Gene Harris, Sabine Parish       H-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 4, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Hollis Gene Harris

  Funeral services for Mr. Hollis Gene Harris, 55, of Many, were
held Sunday, August 1, 1993, at 4 p.m., at the First Baptist
Church of Pleasant Hill, with Rev. Joe Thibeau officiating.
Interment was at the Spring Ridge Cemetery, under the direction
of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Hollis was finally called to his heavenly home on Thursday, July
29, 1993, at 11 p.m., at Highland Hospital, after a long brave
fight against cancer. Hollis retired from Amoco Oil Production,
and was a farmer and cattleman. He was a member of the First
Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, a member of the American Quarter
Horse Association, La., Quarter Horse Breeders Association, and
the La. Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

  He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda Johnson Harris;
three sons, Hollis Gene Harris Jr. and his wife Jymann, Joe
Peyton Harris and Jeffrey Clay Harris and his special friend
Sonya Sistrunk, all of Many; one daughter, Gina Harris Sattler
and her husband Pete of Belmont; one brother, Raymond Orel Cobb
and his wife Pearl of Shreveport. Hollis was very proud of his
ten grandchildren, Trey, Lacy, and Katy Harris, Brook, and Taylor
Jeffres, Payton, Jed, and Jordan Harris, Madison Abraham Harris,
and Allie Lois Sattler; and a host of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were his nephews. Honorary pallbearers were his
employees of Amoco Production Oil Company.