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Submitted: 6/17/22 • Approved: 6/21/22 • Last Updated: 6/24/22 • R520316-G520315-S3
Chester L. Harrison
June 5, 1924-November 30, 2009
Please see military marker
Tommye Young Harrison
May 2, 1928- March 31, 2015
Married Nov. 29, 1945
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Chester L. Harrison
HEREFORD - Chester Harrison, 85, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Hereford Central Church of Christ with the Rev. Dorman Duggan officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Military honors will be provided by the Hereford High School J.R.O.T.C. unit, and Masonic graveside rites will be provided by the Hereford Masonic Lodge No. 849. Arrangements are by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home.
Mr. Harrison was born June 5, 1924, in Winters to Carl and Nora Harrison. He married Tommye Young on Nov. 29, 1945 in Lubbock.
Chester served as a sergeant in the Marines during World War II and was stationed in Okinawa.
Chester and Tommye lived in Littlefield until 1955 when they moved to Hereford. He retired as the store manager and butcher of Piggly Wiggly after 22 years of service.
Chester was a 60-year member of the Hereford Masonic Lodge No. 849, a member of Hereford Lions Club, Deaf Smith County Crime Stoppers and Hereford Central Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Randi Brooke Harrison; two sisters, Alta Veda Thomas Stephens and Lucille Whisenhunt; and a brother, Delbert Harrison.
Survivors include his wife, Tommye; two sons, Brent Harrison and wife Beverly of Hereford and Jerry Harrison and wife Sandy of Amarillo; a daughter, Sharla Elliot and husband Rodney of Amarillo; a sister, Norene Pannell of Hereford; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Brooke Harrison Ho Ho Memorial Fund, in care of Hereford Day Care, P.O. Box 806, Hereford, TX 79045.
The family will receive friends at 705 County Club Drive in Hereford.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 1, 2009
*Obituary Tommye Young Harrison
HEREFORD — Tommye Harrison, 86, of Hereford died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Central Church of Christ with Ken R. Varner, pastor of Westway Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home of Hereford.
Mrs. Harrison was born May 2, 1928, in Sudan to Addie and Tom Young. She married Chester Harrison on Nov. 29, 1945, in Lubbock.
Survivors include two sons, Jerry Harrison of Amarillo and Brent Harrison of Hereford; a daughter, Sharla Elliott of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer’s Association, 415 S.W. Eighth Ave., Suite 300, Amarillo, TX 79101.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, April 2, 2015)
Contributed on 6/17/22 by neldapat
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