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Additional HARRIS Surnames in COGBILL Cemetery
HARRIS, LelandHARRIS, Camille VerieSMITH HARRIS, Camille VerieHARRIS, Dorothy MarieHARRIS, MrsHARRIS, GladysHARRIS, James HaroldHARRIS, EusieHARRIS, James EdwinHARRIS, William WHARRIS, LucyHARRIS, Daisy DoynHARRIS, Doyn Additional HARRIS Surnames in CROSS County
HARRIS, CallieHARRIS, NicieHARRIS, Joe V.HARRIS, MolindaHARRIS, Rickey DaleHARRIS, Kenny LeeHARRIS, Samuel DwainHARRIS, C RobertHARRIS, Billy EHARRIS, James S MHARRIS, MarcusHARRIS, SallieHARRIS, Gillie MayHARRIS, MyrtleHARRIS, Boen EugeneHARRIS, Alma AleneHARRIS, Steve ThorntonHARRIS, Floie LHARRIS, RobertHARRIS, Candy LynnHARRIS, AbbieHARRIS, Mack AHARRIS, DollyeHARRIS, James LHARRIS, MyrtleHARRIS, LouiseHARRIS, FannyeHARRIS, John KHARRIS, LydiaHARRIS, Vicki JHARRIS, Boen BurniceHARRIS, Helen GenevaHARRIS, ViolaHARRIS, WillodeanHARRIS, Bobby GHARRIS, EstallarHARRIS, George RHARRIS, Warren THARRIS, Elora AHARRIS, Isia Bell
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Submitted: 11/3/08 • Approved: 11/3/08 • Last Updated: 8/16/12 • R92307-G92307-S3
Double headstone:
Leland Harris June 6, 1886-Oct 6, 1978
Camille Verie Harris March 6, 1899-Jan 5, 1984
Leland Harris was born 6 June 1886 in Gum Springs Community , near Searcy, Arkansas, the son of Thomas Monroe and Susan Dodson Smith Harris. He grew up in a lively family with six brothers, Dewitt, Walter, Lester, Omer, Willie, and Richard and three sisters, Ethel, Mattie and Lillian. Leland attended school in Searcy, Arkansas.
Leland was 31 years old when he enlisted in the Army on 15 December 1917. He took his training in Texas and spent the remainder of his enlistment in Texas. The war ended before his unit could be shipped to France. This was a disappointment to him. His discharge was 21 November 1918. His oldest brother, Dewit, died at sea in the Spanish American War; Leland served in World War I; Willie was in World War II; and another brother fought in Spain during their Civil War.
After the army, he was a car inspector with the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Benton, Arkansas. Here he met and married Camille Verie Smith. Later they moved to Cherry Valley and then Camille's hometown, Wynne, Arkansas, where they raised three daughters, Dorothy Marie, Joyce Madeline, and Cathryn Camille. Leland joined the Arkansas Highway Department and worked there until his retirement. He was a life long member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a member of the American Legion, and an avid sports fan.
Leland Harris died in Wynne, on 6 October 1978 and was interred in Cogbill Cemetery. He was 92 years old.
Leland Harris
1106007 Corporal
United States Army
1917-1918
(Information taken from crosscountybank.com veterans page. There is also a photo of Mr Leland when he was a very young man.)
Contributed on 11/3/08 by rtsgrad
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