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Submitted: 8/4/12 • Approved: 1/3/13 • Last Updated: 1/6/13 • R737421-G0-S3
28 Jan 1911 - 29 Jun 2001
Double stone with Whitt Harrison
Thelma Ruth Harrison
Thelma Ruth Harrison, 90, of Dermott, formerly of Wilmot, died Friday, June 29, 2001, at Chicot Memorial Hospital in Lake Village. She was born January 28, 1911, in Atkins to the late Arthur and Molly Ethel Holloway Myers. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Whitfield Harrison, and a son, Delbert Ray Harrison.
She is survived by two sons, James L. Harrison of Monroe, LA, and Billy Ralph Harrison of Gardendale, TX; six daughters, Margaret Hensley of Bastrop, LA, Edith Marie Gay of Monroe, LA, Frances Marilyn Barnes of Bellaire, Thelma Fay "Sissy" Echlin of Star City, Nancy Sue Barnes of Dover, Shirley Jean Makovec of Dermott; one sister, Rea Johnson of Hamburg; 18 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 1, in the Griffin Funeral Home chapel in McGehee with Rev. Ricky Burke officiating. Burial followed services at the Beech Creek Cemetery near Hamburg.
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