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Submitted: 10/17/21 • Approved: 10/17/21 • Last Updated: 10/20/21 • R463754-G0-S3
December 3, 1934-January 22, 1971
*Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Jimmie Harris, 36, of Midland a former resident of Kelton were 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Wheeler Church of Christ.
Ted Poindexter, Church of Christ minister from Midland officiated assisted by Marion McWilliams, minister of the Wheeler Church of Christ. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Richerson Funeral Home of Shamrock.
Mr. Harris was found dead about 5 p.m. Friday near the wreckage of his truck near Marfa.
He was driving a truck which jacknifed while pulling a pickup. Mr. Harris was an employee of Lee-Murphy Seismograph Co.
Survivors include his wife, three sons, his mother, three sisters and three brothers.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 48, Number 7, Thursday, January 28, 1971, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Jimmie Harris
Death Date: 22 Jan 1971
Death County: Presidio
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Jimmie F Harris
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 36
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1934
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas
Residence: Midland, Midland, Texas, USA
Death Date: 22 Jan 1971
Death Place: Presidio, Texas, USA
Father: Fred B Harris
Mother: Cora Harkins
Contributed on 10/17/21
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