Thomas Bennett Harris
1906 - 1980 (73 years)
Generation: 1
1. Thomas Bennett Harris was born on 12 Nov 1906 in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia; died on 11 Sep 1980 in Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Ligonier Valley Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Other Events:
- Occupation: steelworker at Crucible Steel, Midland
- Census: 1930, Midland, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Census: 1940, Midland, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Notes:
Thomas B. Harris
Thomas Bennett Harris, 73, of Start Route East, Ligonier, died Thursday in Latrobe Area Hospital.
He was born Nov. 12, 1906, in Jonesville, Va., a son of the late George W. and Rennie Seal Harris.
A member of United Methodist Church, Rector, he was a retired steelworker at Crucible Steel, Midland.
Surviving are his widow, Julia Gertrude Harris; three children, Marie Wharton of Baltimore, Md., Shirley Matthews of Ligonier and Thomas E. of Gulfport, Miss.; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three brothers, Leonard of Crab Orchard, Ky., and Earl and Chester, both of East Liverpool, Ohio, and five sisters, Mattie Yeary of Jonesville, Va., Mary Bowen of Aquasco, Md., Grace Blankenship of Midland, Ruby Pingleton of Berea, Ky., and Ollie Watkins of Germantown, Ohio.
Friends will be received in Owen Wolford Funeral Home, 144 E. Main St., Ligonier, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Services will be held in the funeral home chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Howard Smith and the Rev. Richard Tepper officiating.
Inerment will follow in Ligonier Valley Cemetery.
Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Friday, 12 September 1980.
Name:
son of George W. Harris and Rennie Seal
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118582726/thomas-bennett-harrisFamily/Spouse: Julia Gertrude Phelps. Julia (daughter of William Levi Phelps and Maggie Wilmot) was born on 9 Nov 1910 in Berea, Madison County, Kentucky; died on 25 May 2007 in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Ligonier Valley Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]