| 1. |  Harris, Lloyd Russell was born on 11 Jul 1911 in Clay County, Illinois (son of Harris, Walker and Crackel, Lida); died on 12 Nov 2007 in Flora Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- 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
Notes:
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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Harris, R.W.
- Harris, George Michael 'Mick' was born on 2 Sep 1946 in Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina; died on 5 Dec 2020 in St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois; was buried on 10 Dec 2020 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
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1911 - 2007 (96 years)
Harris, Walker was born on 24 Sep 1886 in Indiana (son of Harris, G.W. and Gross, Sarah); died on 12 Feb 1971 in Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois. 
