CHRISTIAN COUNTY OBITUARIES

BILLY VICK HARRIS

Billy Vick Harris, 67, Elkton, died at 4 p.m. Thursday at Hearthstone Place following a long illness. Burial will be in Stokes Chapel Cemetery.
A native of Todd County, he was born March 3, 1931, the son of the late Warner and Mabel Settle Harris, He was retired from U.S. Steel where he had worked for 26 ears and was a Korean War Army Veteran.
He is survived by his wife Mildred Eaton Harris, and a sister, Virginia Dixon, Hopkinsville.
Kentucky New Era
Friday June 19, 1998

WHITE PLAINS, Ky. — Bonnie Mae Harris, 74, Hopkins County, died Saturday at the Regional Medical Center, Madisonville, of natural causes.

Services were scheduled for 1 this afternoon at Bandy Funeral Home, Nortonville, with the Rev. Ellis Payne officiating. Burial was to follow in Concord Cemetery, White Plains.

ELKTON, Ky. — Ellen Pearl Harris, 103, Elkton, died at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday at Hearthstone Place of natural causes.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bells Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday at Latham Funeral Home.

A native of Todd County, she was born May 29, 1895, the daughter of the. late William Lewis and Ellen Ballard Harris. She was a retired teacher for Todd and Muhlenberg County schools and was a member of the Bells Chapel United Methodist church.

NATIVE OF ROCK CASTLE
Maj. F.B. Harris Dies in Madisonville Thursday.
MAJ. F. B. HARRIS, a prominent business man and citizen of Madisonville died in that city last Thursday. Major Harris was a native of Rock Castle, this county, and when a boy carried the mail between that place and Cadiz, making the trip on horse-back.

He was a soldier in the Confederate army, and is still remembered by many of our people He left the county in about 1875, and since that time has been connected with the coal mining interest of Hopkins county. He is survived by the wife, one son and three daughters.
Cadiz Record - date unknown

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lamb Funeral Home, with Greg Giltner officiating. Burial will follow in Stokes Chapel Cemetery.

A native of Montgomery County, Tenn., he was born March 11, 1922. He was the son of the late Fonce Emmanuel and Nanncy Floyd Boyd Harris and was a retired carpenter, having worked for John Dell Builders. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. His wife, Olis Lamb Harris, died in 1988.

Survivors include a son, Ervin Jones, Louisville; two daughters, Nancy Miller, Christian County, and Betty Knight, Hopkinsville; a brother, Remus Harris, Hopkinsville, two sisters, Irene Lamb and Edna Duvall, both of Hopkinsville; and nine grandchildren and 11 great grand children.

September 25, 1924
"Uncle Jim" Harris Dies At Ninety-Four
Age Infirmities Cause Death Of One Of The Oldest Men Of The County
Mr. James R. Harris, one of the very oldest men of Trigg county, died early Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George T. Baker, on Blue Spring.
Mr. Harris was right around ninety-four years of age, and infirmities due to advancing years are responsible for his demise.
Mr. Harris was a member of one of the leading families of the county, and had spent his life here, and had raised a large family of children. The living children are: Mrs. Nellie Traywick, Nashville; John Harris, Calloway county; Dosa Harris, living in the West; Mrs. Bird Mc Intire, of Ohio; Mrs. W. L. Cunningham, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Gus Barnes, of Texas.
Mr. Harris was a splendid old gentleman and had many friends.
Funeral and burial took place yesterday at Blue Spring, eight miles west of Cadiz.
Cadiz Record

Myrtie Mae Harris 84, Lewisburg, died at 11:07 a.m. Tuesday at a Bowling Green Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. friday at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Lewisbrg, with the Revs. Ronnie Forrest, Leslie Williams and Tom Lawton officiating. Burial will be in Gant Cemetery, Todd County.
A native of Logan County, she was born June 9, 1914, the daughter of the late Walter and Mary White. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mount Pleasant church. Her husband, the Rev. Raymond Harris, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Margie Lee, Russellville, two Grandchildren and two Great-grandchildren and two Great=great-grandchildren.
Kentucky New Era
Thursday July 16, 1998

Thomas Andrew Harris, 32, of Starkville, Mass., a former resident of Henderson, died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday from an apparent heart attack.
He is survived by his wife, Cora McDaniel Harris; two daughters, Shawn and Cendi, both at home; three sisters, Shirley Ann Harris, Fay Embry bad Kathy, all of Henderson; one brother, Michael Harris of Evansville.
Arrangements are pending at Tapp Funeral Home.
June 1980 Henderson Gleaner