Obituaries:  Girtha Harris, Sabine Parish       H-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 30, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Girtha Harris (Photo)

  Services were held at 11 a.m., March 26, at Wayside Temple, for
Girtha Lee Harris, 70, who died at 11:10 p.m., March 18, 1994, at
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette.
Interment was at the Jerusalem Cemetery. Rev. Harris, pastor of
Wayside Temple, officiated.

  A native of Fisher, Mrs. Harris was a resident of Many at the
time of her death. She was a member of Wayside Temple Church.

  Mrs. Harris is survived by her husband, James Harris of Many;
six daughters, Mrs. Opal Smith, and Mrs. Saundra Watkins of
Illinois, Mrs. Janette Collin of Lafayette, Mrs. Edna Collier of
Houston, Mrs. Annette McClanahan of Many, and Mrs. Juanita
Flippen of Fort Hood, Tex.; four sons, Milton Harris, James D.
Harris, and Terry Harris of Lafayette, and David Harris of Many;
two granddaughters that she reared, Mrs. Pat Hooper of Pelican,
and Sonya Harris of Florida; 32 other grandchildren; and eight
great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

  She was preceded in death by her daughter, Alice Faye Harris;
and son, Ruben Harris; and father Gus Sweet.

  Acknowledgement: The family of Girtha Harris wishes to thank
their many friends and neighbors for their visits, words of
comfort, cards, flowers, food, and acts of kindness.