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Ralph Edward Harris

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Ralph Edward Harris

Birth
Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Death
13 Dec 1955 (aged 23)
Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Burial
East Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Veteran of the Korean War, 4 years in the U.S. Navy.

Ralph Edward Harris is the son of John B. "J.B." Harris and Thelma Mae Quinn Harris.

Ralph was a veteran of the Korean War, he served four years with the U.S. Navy and was a funeral director with Collier-Butler Funeral Home for two years prior to his death.


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The obituary for Ralph Edward Harris was published in "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: December 14, 1955:


RALPH E. HARRIS

Ralph Edward Harris, 23, 405 Bay Street, was killed instantly last night at 9:30 o'clock at the corner of South Fourth and Bay Streets in an automobile accident.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Collier-Butler Chapel with the Rev. J. H. Wade, Sr., officiating. Burial will be in Crestwood Cemetery with Collier-Butler directing.

Active pallbearers will be Bobby Minyard, George Allen Graham, Joe Horton, H.D. Wellington, Jr., Kenneth Dooley, Guy Bigham, Vance Steele and Jimmy Bigham.

Honorary pallbearers will be the personnel of Collier-Butler Funeral Home, Joe C. Lee and Kenneth D. Croley.

The body will remain at Collier-Butler Chapel through the hour of the service.

A native and life long resident of Etowah County, he was a member of the Baptist Church.

A veteran of the Korean War, he served four years with the U. S. Navy.

He was a funeral director with Collier-Butler Funeral Home for the past two years.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harris; three sisters, Mrs. A.D. Partee and Mrs. Rayford Usrey, both of Gadsden; Mrs. Marion White, Jr., Route 2, Attalla; a brother, Jackie Harris, Gadsden; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Quinn, Alabama City and his grandmother, Mrs. Cora Harris, Birmingham.


Veteran of the Korean War, 4 years in the U.S. Navy.

Ralph Edward Harris is the son of John B. "J.B." Harris and Thelma Mae Quinn Harris.

Ralph was a veteran of the Korean War, he served four years with the U.S. Navy and was a funeral director with Collier-Butler Funeral Home for two years prior to his death.


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The obituary for Ralph Edward Harris was published in "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: December 14, 1955:


RALPH E. HARRIS

Ralph Edward Harris, 23, 405 Bay Street, was killed instantly last night at 9:30 o'clock at the corner of South Fourth and Bay Streets in an automobile accident.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Collier-Butler Chapel with the Rev. J. H. Wade, Sr., officiating. Burial will be in Crestwood Cemetery with Collier-Butler directing.

Active pallbearers will be Bobby Minyard, George Allen Graham, Joe Horton, H.D. Wellington, Jr., Kenneth Dooley, Guy Bigham, Vance Steele and Jimmy Bigham.

Honorary pallbearers will be the personnel of Collier-Butler Funeral Home, Joe C. Lee and Kenneth D. Croley.

The body will remain at Collier-Butler Chapel through the hour of the service.

A native and life long resident of Etowah County, he was a member of the Baptist Church.

A veteran of the Korean War, he served four years with the U. S. Navy.

He was a funeral director with Collier-Butler Funeral Home for the past two years.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harris; three sisters, Mrs. A.D. Partee and Mrs. Rayford Usrey, both of Gadsden; Mrs. Marion White, Jr., Route 2, Attalla; a brother, Jackie Harris, Gadsden; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Quinn, Alabama City and his grandmother, Mrs. Cora Harris, Birmingham.




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