Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harris, Elwood L., 2000 

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ELWOOD LEE HARRIS 

  WAKEFIELD - Elwood Lee Harris, 83, a native and lifelong resident of 
Wakefield, died Monday, March 6, 2000, in Southampton Memorial Hospital, 
Franklin, after a period of declining health.

  He was the son of the late Henry L. Harris and Bessie Hargrave Harris.

  Elwood served as town clerk and treasurer for the town of Wakefield from 
1956 to 1976.  He was a member of Wakefield Congregational Christian Church; 
a former member of Wakefield Ruritan Club; a member of the Wakefield Masonic 
Lodge No. 198 A.F. & A.M.; a 32nd Degree Mason; a Shriner; and a member of 
the ACCA Temple, Scottish Rite, Richmond.  He served in the U.S. Army during 
World War II, was a 1937 graduate of VPI and was a member of the General 
William Mahone Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Wakefield.

  Mr. Harris is a survived by his wife of 58 years, Verna Katherine Carwile 
Harris; two sons, Glen S. Harris, and wife, Alice, of Keystone Heights, Fla., 
and Donald L. Harris, and his wife, Deborah, of Moneta; and three 
grandchildren, Christopher Ryan Harris, Matthew Lee Harris and Ellen Margaret 
Harris.

  Funeral services will be held in the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, at 
2 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, with Dr. David G. Brown, Jr., officiating. 
Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the 
residence, 113 Wilson Ave., Wakefield.  Memorial donations may be made to the 
Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad or the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad.


Elwood Lee HARRIS, former Wakefield town clerk & treasurer, 
Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 21 Jul 1916, Sussex Co., d. 6 Mar 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 9 Mar 2000, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 7, 2000, p. 6 

*His parents, paternal grandparents & great-grandparents are also buried there.
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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