Harris, S.

R.W. married Hills, Bonnie Louise Bonnie (daughter of Hills, Douglas B. 'Stormy' and Franklin, Hazel C.) was born on 3 Oct 1946; died on 22 Jan 2000; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: HILL.B004
• _FGRAVE: 18561961

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• Reference Number: HARR.L011
• _FGRAVE: 22889358
• Funeral: Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
• Military Service: World War II, Lieutenant, United States Navy

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Lloyd Russell Harris, 96, of Clay City, died at 11:45 a.m. Monday, November 12, 2007, at Flora Healthcare Center in Flora.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Minister Darrell Brandon officiating. Burial with full military rites will be in Clay City Cemetery.

Mr. Harris was born July 11, 1911, in Clay County, the son of Walter and Lida (Crackel) Harris. He married Frances Batchelor on June 10, 1939, in Sharpsburg, N.C. She survives.

He was a graduate of Eastern Illinois Teachers College with a degree in Industrial Arts. He taught in Rocky Mount, N.C. and at Clay City High School. He was also a retired farmer.

Mr. Harris was a member of Sailor Springs Christian Church and Clay City Christian Church. His memberships included the Sailor Springs Post of the American Legion, serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a lieutenant; past president of the Clay County Farm Bureau; charter member of the Sailor Springs Ruritan; charter member of the Sailor Springs Historic Foundation; Clay County Health Department Board.

He is survived by his wife, Frances Harris, of Clay City; daughter, Linda Davidson and her husband, Leon, of Sailor Springs; sons, Robert Wayne Harris and his wife, Josephine, of Clay City, George Michael Harris and his wife, Trudy, of Mt. Olive, Fredrick William Harris and his wife, Peggy, of Clay City, and Thomas R. Harris and his wife, Gayle, of Clay City; sister, Maytle Marie Harris, of Flora; brother-in-law, Arthur Laughton, of Clay City; seven grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.

Mr. Harris was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Helen Laughton; and daughter-in-law, Bonnie Harris.

Memorials may be made to Clay City Christian Church Building Fund.

Funeral:
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Minister Darrell Brandon officiating.

Military Service:
Enlisted and accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in 1943 at Anacostia, Virginia. Trained as a Gunnery Officer at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Served as such in the Panama Canal Zone for most of his tour of duty. Earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Separated from active service in 1945 at Norfolk, Virginia.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1932939

Buried:
Burial with full military rites will be in Clay City Cemetery.

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Lloyd married Batchelor, Erma Frances on 10 Jun 1939 in Sharpsburg, North Carolina. Erma (daughter of Batchelor, Manual Andrew and Hedgespeth, Tassie Ballard) was born on 4 Feb 1917 in Sharpsburg, North Carolina; died on 10 Oct 2010 in St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: BATC.E001
• Funeral: Clay City Christian Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

She graduated from Meredith College, Raleigh, N.C.

She was a homemaker. She was a member of Sailor Springs Christian Church and later the Clay City Christian Church. She was also a member of the Sailor Springs American Legion Auxiliary, Clay City Garden Club IV and a charter member of the Sailor Springs Historical Foundation.

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• Reference Number: HILLS.D001
• _FGRAVE: 18561970
• Military Service: Korean War, Master Sergeant, United States Air Force
• Military Service: World War II, United States Army Air Forces

Douglas married Franklin, Hazel C. on 21 Jun 1942. Hazel (daughter of Franklin, Baldy and Noll, Josephine) was born on 9 Aug 1919 in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois; died on 20 Aug 2008 in Flora Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: FRAN.H001
• _FGRAVE: 29212499
• Funeral: Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Hazel C. Franklin Hills, 89, of Clay City, formerly of Sailor Springs, died at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at Flora Healthcare Center in Flora.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Rev. Darrel Brandon officiating. Burial will be in Dillman Cemetery in Sailor Springs.

Mrs. Hills was born August 9, 1942, in Sailor Springs, the daughter of Baldy and Josephine (Noll) Franklin. She married Douglas B. Hills on June 21, 1942. He preceded her in death in 1973. She was also preceded in death by her close friend and companion, Lloyd C. "Smitty" Smith.

She had worked as a key-punch operator at Roadmaster. She was a member of Clay City Christian Church and Sailor Springs American Legion Auxilliary.

Mrs. Hills is survived by a daughter, Bea Jay Laughton, of Clay City; son-in-law, Wayne Harris, of Sailor Springs; brother, Malbert Franklin, of Flora; brother, Nolan Franklin, of Flora; sister, Norma Abbott, of Sailor Springs; and four grandchildren, Shana Puckett and her husband, Terry, Shaun Harris and his wife, Ray Lynn, Aaron Matthew Laughton, and Alan Michael Laughton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Bonnie Harris; three brothers, Orris C. Franklin, Bill Franklin and Roy Franklin; and two sisters, Bernice Bridges and Alberta Anderson.

Memorials may be made to Illini Children's Christian Home.

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• Reference Number: HARR.W014
• _FGRAVE: 18661543

Notes:

Walker Harris, highly respected and well known farmer living near Clay City, was dead on arrival at 2:30 a.m. today at the Clay County Hospital at Flora.

The remains are at the Cardascio-Hancock Funeral Home at Clay City with arrangements pending.

The deceased is survived by his wife, Lyda, and two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Helen) Laughton of Clay City and Miss Mayde Marie Harris of Sullivan, Illinois.

Olney Daily Mail (IL)

Walker + Crackel, Lida. Lida was born in 1881 in Illinois; died in 1973; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: CRAC.L004
• _FGRAVE: 18661541

Manual + Hedgespeth, Tassie Ballard. Tassie died before 10 Oct 2010.

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• Reference Number: FRAN.B007
• _FGRAVE: 22452729

Baldy + Noll, Josephine. Josephine (daughter of Noll, Adam and Seger, Mathilda) was born in 1882; died in 1965; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: NOLL.J003
• _FGRAVE: 22452736