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Submitted: 8/28/23 • Approved: 8/28/23 • Last Updated: 8/31/23 • R582453-G582453-S3
Dorris Elizabeth Robinson Harris
March 20, 1912-March 17, 2009
Loving Wife And Mother
*Photo, courtesy of Ruth Teal
*Obituary
Graveside services for Dorris Harris, 96, of Lamesa, will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at Lamesa Memorial Park with Bro. Rush Coffman and Ben Phelps officiating under the direction of Branon Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, March 20, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Branon Funeral Home. Dorris Elizabeth Harris passed from this life on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, just a few days prior to her 97th birthday.
She was born on March 20, 1912 in Dawson County to Ira "Dick" Robinson and May B. Crowder Robinson. She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Thomas and husband, H.K. Thomas, of Sun City; sons, Kenneth David and wife, Barbara, Jerry D. and wife, Nelda, and Larry Don and wife, Carol, all of Lamesa; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and, two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in May of 2008; parents, Ira and May Robinson; brother, Leslie Robinson; sister, Ethel Robinson Barton; and, a great-grandson, Bradley Ray.
She married John David Harris of the Lamesa area on January 11, 1936 at the family home west of Lamesa. Following John's time in the Navy during World War II, they resided in Denver City a short time and then moved to the farm just west of Ten Mile in the Klondike Community and lived there until moving into Lamesa in the 1960's. Being reared on the farm, Dorris loved gardening, cooking, canning, quilting, and sewing and was a master of all. She loved and was involved in the lives and activities of her grandchildren, but admitted the great-grandchildren were even more fun. She worked for the Klondike Independent School District in the cafeteria for a number of years. She was an active member of Second Baptist Church in Lamesa, since 1962, where she and her sister, Ethel, spent many hours working with the bereavement/food committee. The family suggests memorials to Second Baptist Church or to a charity of your choice.
Published by Branon Funeral Home.
Contributed on 8/28/23 by neldapat
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