Kay County OK Obit for: E. W. Harris 
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Submitted to the archives by:Claudia Thiry, workfarm@kskc.net
Date submitted: 3/14/2003 
Transcribed from the Ponca City News, http://www.poncacitynews.com/
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E. W. Harris

E.W. Harris, former Ponca City businessman, died Saturday, July 13, 
1996, at the Ponca City Nursing Home. He was 96.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Ponca City 
First Christian Church Chapel with the Rev. Charles Heyer, associate 
minister, presiding. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in the Fairview Cemetery 
at Cheney, Kan. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace Memorial 
Chapel of Ponca City. Friends may visit at the funeral home until 9 a.m. 
Wednesday, then the casket will be closed.

E.W. Harris was born June 3, 1900, at Cabool, Mo., the son of Henry 
Thomas and Julia Ann (Jones) Harris. At eight years of age he moved 
with his family to the Cheney area by covered wagon. 

He received his early education in the Murdock, Kan., area.

On May 2, 1925, he was married to Thelma Irene McIntosh at Wichita, 
Kan., and the couple established their first home at Cheney. 

They later lived at Great Bend, Kan., before moving to Ponca City in 
1960. 

Mr. Harris was a pharmacist by trade, and was employed at one time by 
the Graves Drug Store of Ponca City. 

He also owned and operated the Harris and Davis Paint Store at Third 
and Grand. 

Harris was a member of the Ponca City First Christian Church, where 
he had been very active in earlier years. 

He was also a member of the AMBUCS and the Rose Club. In earlier years 
he enjoyed woodworking and gardening.

Survivors include his wife, Thelma of Ponca City; one daughter, Maureen 
Harris of Clemson, S.C.; two brothers, Gilbert of Calhan, Colo., and 
Loren of Kingman, Kan.; several nieces and nephews and many friends. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; seven brothers, Verdi, Merritt, 
Odon, Urban, Harlan, Donald and Kenneth; and one sister, Dorothy Catanzaro.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Harris' name to the First 
Christian Church, 210 North Fifth Street, Ponca City, OK 74601. 

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