Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Harris, Lillie Gouge April 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net May 15, 2007, 11:04 am Mitchell News-Journal 5/9/2007 LILLIE GOUGE HARRIS MARION - Lillie Gouge Harris, 89, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Sunrise Rehab. and Care Center. Born in Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late William Woodward Gouge and Mary Eugenia Smith Gouge, and wife of the late Charles Forbes and Henry Harris. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Eula Suttles and Queenie Good; and seven brothers, L.D., Lindsay, Carl, Charlie "Red", Robert, Fred and Sherrill Gouge. She had worked for Woody's Chair Shop for many years and was active at the McDowell Senior Center. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include Max Gouge of Spruce Pine; J.B. Suttles of Nebo; and several other nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Westmoreland Funeral Home. The Revs. Justin Deaton and Jack Ward officiated. Burial was in Grassy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 611, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/h/harris699gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb