Obituaries:  Elmer Harrison, Sabine Parish       H-625
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 2, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Elmer Harrison

  Services for Elmer Denist Harrison, 72, of Athens, were held at
2 p.m., Saturday, July 29, in Foster & Brown Chapel, with the
Rev. O. E. Davis officiating.

  Burial followed in the Oaklawn Memorial Park in Athens.

  Mr. Harrison died Thursday in his home.

  He was born Aug. 14, 1916, and moved with his family to Athens
in 1944. After working as a driller in the oil fields, he owned
an Exxon service station from 1946 to 1961. He retired in 1971,
after working for Curtis Mathes for 11 years.

  Survivors include his wife, Clara Belle (Parrott) Harrison of
Athens; a son and daughter-in-law, Denist and Jackie Harrison of
Austin; a son, Dean Harrison of Athens; one grandson, Brian
Harrison of Austin; two sisters, Ella Mae Carlock of Longview,
and Ailee Bright of Longview; two sisters-in-law, Bessie
Hendershot of Athens, and Naomi Campbell of Arlington; a number
of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers included Mr. Gilbert Aaron of Zwolle, Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Webb of Noble, and their daughter Fay McDonald, Brian
Aaron; and other members of the Gilbert Aaron family attended the
services for Mr. Harrison.