Katie SHIRLEY HARRIS

WJ
October 3, 1852 - July 2, 1923
Son of Nicholas & Mary Ann Harris

*Obituary
Gravette News-Herald
Friday, July 6, 1923

Rev. James W. Harris, a former resident of Gravette and pastor of the Methodist church, died Monday, July 2, 1923 at an advanced age. He had been in ill health for some years and but recently he and Mrs. Harris had moved from Bentonville to the flatwoods north of Beaty where Mrs. Harris' brother, Mr. Shirley, resides. Rev. Harris was a brother of N.F. Harris of Beaty and an uncle of Luther Price of Gravette and leaves a host of relatives and friends in the county. The funeral was held today {Thursday} conducted by Rev. H.C. by of Bentonville and burial was at Lee cemetery north of Beaty.

*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, July 26, 1923

Rev. J.W. Harris was born at Pea Ridge October 3, 1852 and died July 2, 1923 at Sulphur Springs at the home of his sister-in-law, Miss Shirley. Brother Harris has been in ill health for about eleven years. He was serving the Huntsville Circuit as pastor of the M.E. Church, South when he was suddenly stricken with paralysis from which he never recovered. During this period he was scarcely able to talk and hardly able to walk. He was very tenderly cared for by his family, especially his good wife. Brother Harris was married to Miss Iva Foster September 5, 1874. To this union were born five boys and two girls of whom three are living, namely Jim Harris of Bentonville; Mrs. M.H. Wright of Bentonville and Mrs. F.P. Tate of Illinois. His first companion was called to her reward and after several years he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Shirley February 12, 1901 who survives him. Bro. Harris became a Christian when twenty-one years of age. He united with the M.E. Church, South and was licensed as a local preacher and in due time ordained as a local elder, took regular work as a supply in the North Arkansas Conference which work he did for about nineteen years when he became afflicted and was no longer able to take work. Rev. Harris was a consecrated man and did efficient work as a Christian minister. He loved his church, family and friends. He was a good man indeed. He leaves to mourn him his wife, three children, twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His life was well lived and will ever be a benediction to all who knew him.

Katie
October 10, 1869 - February 19, 1932

*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, February 25, 1932

Mrs. Kate Harris, widow of the late Rev. W.J. Harris, died at her home in Sulphur Springs last Friday from pneumonia. She was 62 years of age. Funeral services were held at the home Saturday afternoon and burial made beside her husband in the Lee cemetery north of Beaty. Mrs. Harris was born in Missouri and came with her parents to Benton County when three years old. They located on a farm west of Sulphur Springs where they lived for about 40 years. Mrs. Harris, when a girl, attended the old Pea Ridge academy and later taught school in Gravette and in other schools in the county. Following her marriage to Rev. Harris they moved to Bentonville where they lived from 1918 to 1923. They later moved to Sulphur Springs where Mr. Harris died about seven years ago. Mrs. Harris is survived by one step-son, James Harris, and one step-daughter, Mrs. M.H. Wright of Bentonville, a brother, Bert Shirley, and an adopted daughter, Maxine Harris, six years old, by three sisters, Miss Sadie Shirley of Sulphur Springs and a sister in San Francisco and one in Chicago.

Married February 12, 1901

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