OBIT: Mont Edward HARRIS, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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MONT EDWARD HARRIS

  Mont Edward Harris, aged 52, died Sunday morning, May 5, at the family home, 
303 Meyers Ave.
  Mr. Harris was born in Elk Garden, W.Va., July 8, 1893, and was a son of Othey 
Dillon and Bessie Lavalle Harris.  For a number of years he served as a wire 
chief for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.  Death was due to a cerebral 
hemorrhage.
  Surviving are his father, Elk Garden; his widow, the former Clara Warnick, and 
two daughters, Mrs. Loretta Weatherholtz and Mrs. Lois Lowery, both of 
Meyersdale.  He also leaves a stepdaughter, Mrs. Georgia Hardman, Falls Church, 
Va.; four grandchildren, and ten brothers and sisters - Mrs. Blanche Garver, 
Davis, W.Va.; Mrs. Ruth Doling, Elk Garden, W.Va.; Mrs. Hazel Dean, Washington, 
D.C.; Willard, O.P., Isaac and Burke Harris, all of Arlington, Va.; O. G. 
Harris, Parkersburg, W.Va.; Otis D. Harris, Morgantown, W.Va.; and Carl Harris, 
Washington, D.C.
  Funeral services were held at the Harris home at 10 a.m. Tuesday, by his 
pastor, Rev. Sherwood C. Keiser.  The body was removed to Elk Garden, W.Va., for 
additional services in Elk Garden Methodist Church, at 2 o'clock Tuesday 
afternoon, in charge of Rev. Prince, pastor.  Interment was made in the church 
cemetery, under the direction of H.R. Konhaus.  The pallbearers were members of 
the Brotherhood of Railroad Telegraph Operators of which Mr. Harris was a 
member.

Meyersdale Republican, May 9, 1946