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Submitted: 6/17/22 • Approved: 6/21/22 • Last Updated: 6/24/22 • R520303-G520302-S3
William L. Harris, Sr.
December 29, 1874-August 4, 1933
Lizzie May Good Harris
July 24, 1884-August 8, 1970
In Loving Memory
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary William L. Harris, Sr.
Last rites for William Lee Harris, 58-year-old farmer of the Dawn community, who died in the Deaf Smith County Hospital here last Friday, were spoken Saturday at the Black Funeral Chapel. Burial was made in West Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Harris was born near Altoona, Alabama, in 1874. He came to Texas at the age of 18, and except for a five-year residence near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, spent the remainder of his life in Texas, moving to Dawn in 1920.
Surviving him are his widow, one brother, Cob Harrison [sic], three sisters, Carrie Saye, Pinkie Bynum and Dedie Mitchell, and 11 children.
The children are Lessie Brown, Olie Brown, Gerdie Dafforn, Carrie Mae Doak, Ethel Williams, Vera Dodson, Jewel Harris, Ruby Harris, Lois Harris, Bernice Harris and William Harris.
Mr. Harris had been in lil [sic] health for several years.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 33rd Year-Number 31, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Thursday, August 10, 1933, Page 8)
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Alabama, Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Name: William L. Harris
Gender: Male
Age: Over 21y
Birth Date: 1875
Marriage Date: 16 Jun 1896
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama
Spouse: Lena Boring
FHL Film Number: 1034801
Reference ID: p375
Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967
Name: W L Harris
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1902
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, USA
Spouse: Lizzie M Good
Film Number: 002294742
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: W. L. Harris
Death Date: 4 Aug 1933
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 36398
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: W L Harris
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 48
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1874
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 4 Aug 1933
Death Place: Herford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: W A Harris
Mother: Cowen Harris
Spouse: Lizzie Harris
Contributed on 6/17/22 by neldapat
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