Surry-Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harris, Percy R., 1944 

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PERCY RYLAND HARRIS 

PERCY R. HARRIS CLAIMED BY DEATH 

  Percy Ryland Harris, 68, a native of the Isle of Wight County but a resident 
here for the past 47 years during which time he was employed by the C. and O. 
railroad, died at 7:45 yesterday morning at Riverside hospital after a three 
weeks illness.

  A member of the Chestnut Ave. Baptist Church, he resided at 1345 23rd St. 

  Surviving his are two sisters, Mrs. Minnie L. Gay and Miss Mammie L. Harris, 
of Newport News; one brother, John G. Harris, of this city; two nieces, three 
nephews and several grand nieces and nephews. 

  The body will rest at the Carder Funeral Home until the hour of the 
services. 

  Funeral will be held at 2 Saturday afternoon from Carder Funeral Home with 
the Rev. A.B. Clarke, pastor of the Chestnut Ave Baptist Church.  Burial will 
be made at 4 in the Rocky Hock Methodist churchyard in Surry County. 

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PERCY RYLAND HARRIS 

PERCY R. HARRIS FUNERAL TODAY 

  Funeral services for Percy Ryland Harris, 68, employee of the C. & O. 
Railroad, who died Thursday at the Riverside Hospital, will be conducted at 2 
p.m. today from the Carder Funeral Home with the Rev. A.B. Clarke, pastor of 
Chestnut Ave. Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial will be at 4 p.m. in the 
Rocky Hock Methodist churchyard, Surry County. 

  He was a resident of 1345 23rd St. and a member of the Chestnut Ave. 
Methodist Church.  Surviving him are his two sisters, one brother, two nieces 
and three nephews. 

  Active pallbearers will be: C.M. Cox, C.J. Christmas, C.P. Meredith, W.L. 
Harwell, Eddie Curtis, J.E. Eubank, J.L. Hardy and Corbett Ingram.  Other 
friends of the family will act as honorary pallbearers. 


Percy Ryland HARRIS, of Newport News, C. & O. R.R. employee, 
b. 16 Oct 1876, Isle of Wight Co., d. 7 Dec 1944, Newport News, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 60*), Surry Co., 
   9 Dec 1944, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 8, 1944, p. 5; 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 9, 1944, p. 10 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20602561. 


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