Obituaries:  Howard Taft Harrison, Sabine Parish       H-625
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 19, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Howard Taft Harrison

  Funeral services for Mr. Howard Taft Harrison, 79, of
Barnesville, Ga., were held Friday, June 14, 2002, at Barnesville
First Baptist Church. The Revs. Garth Forster, Don King, and
David Smith officiated. Burial followed in Lamar Memory Gardens,
under the direction of Williams White Columns Funeral Home.

  Mr. Harrison passed away Tuesday, June 11, in the Upson Regional
Hospital.

  Mr. Harrison was a native of Wrightsville, Ga., in Johnson
County, but made his home in Lamar County most of his adult life.
He is the son of the late Mr. Shelton Wadsworth Harrison, and the
late Mrs. Bertha Clarke Harrison.

  Mr. Harrison was a retired extension agent, with the University
of Georgia Extension Service, and was a member of the Barnesville
First Baptist Church.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jessie Dowden Harrison of
Barnesville, Ga.; three daughters, Pamela and husband Thomas
Toflinkski of Columbus, Ga., Rhonda and husband Ronnie Simmons of
Barnesville, Ga., and Sharon Harrison of Barnesville, Ga.; two
sons, Ronald and wife Jenny Harrison of Yulee, Fla., and Jessie
and wife Jana Shirley of Newman.

  He is also survived by one sister, Jeneal Bland of Statesboro,
Ga.; two brothers, Myron Harrison of Houston, and Jack Harrison
of Richmond Hills, Ga.; 11 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren;
and a number of nieces and nephews.

  White Columns Funeral Home, Barnesville, Ga.