Harrison County MsArchives Obituaries.....Tartt, Harry C.  May 12, 2008
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 Rev. Harry C. Tartt, age 99, of Gulfport, Ms, died Monday, May 12, 2008 in 
Gulfport. He was born in Biloxi to Seth and Beulah Tartt. 

Choosing a military career, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942; 
served as a combat soldier in Tunishia and Algeria in North Africa, where he 
won five battle stars and served as chaplain. He saw additional combat service 
in Salerno and Napali, Italy. 

At the end of World War II, he served in Germany, France and Korea. While 
stationed at Fort Ord, California, he did graduate work at San Jose State 
College, one of the nation's leading universities in English Literature, 
earning 30 hours in English Literature and membership to EPSILON ETA SIGMA, 
the University's English Honor Society. 

After 30 years of military duty, he retired as a Major. Upon retiring from the 
United States Army, in 1964, he entered the classroom again at Thirty-Third 
Avenue High School, where he taught until he was assigned as the first Black 
teacher at Gulfport High School. While teaching at Gulfport High, he earned 
his Master's Degree from Xavier University, New Orleans, LA. 

While serving in the Army after the war, he was a staff member of the Military 
Newspaper in Frankfurt, Germany and was editor-in-chief of seventeen Army 
newspapers while serving in Korea. An essayist, his inspirational articles 
have appeared in numerous weekly journals and newspapers in Mississippi. 

He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional fraternity in education, 
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Gulf Coast Pan Hellenic Organization, 
the Military Order of World Wars, the Mississippi Gerontological Society, the 
Original Illinois Club and Epicurean Club, both of New Orleans. A writer, he 
studied Journalism at the University of Chicago and was a staff correspondent 
for the Chicago Bee. 

In 1988, he was presented the Living Legacy Certificate of Recognition by the 
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc. in:

"Recognition of distinguished achievement, exemplary contributions and service 
benefiting the people of this nation."

A concurrent resolution commending Harry Charles Tartt upon being recognized 
by the Living Legacy Awards Program and expressing appreciations for his 
outstanding volunteer efforts in our state was adopted by the Mississippi 
House of Representatives on March 13, 1992, signed by the Speaker of the House 
of Representative, Tim Ford and by the Senate on March 18, 1992 and signed by 
the President of the Senate, Eddie Briggs.

On January 17, 1993, Theta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 
Inc. awarded him the Dreamer Award, "In recognition for services rendered that 
exemplified the ideals and dreams for justice and equality of The Reverend Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr." He was the Public Relations and Development Officer 
for the Gulf Coast Community Action Agency, Inc. His daughter, Jacquelyn 
Denise Tartt, is a graduate student at Loyola University, New Orleans, 
Louisiana.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Orlean Grace Tartt; two 
brothers, Leo Tartt and Paul Tartt; one sister, Hazel Tartt and one nephew, 
Harry C. Tartt. 

Funeral service: St. Mark United Methodist Church in Gulfport. Burial: Biloxi 
National Cemetery.

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