Harrison, Clarence Ray

1939 - 2004  (65 years)

• Name	Harrison, Clarence Ray
  		Clarence Ray Harrison (1939-2004)
  Birth	2 Jan 1939	Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HARR.C006
  _FGRAVE	8318976
  Funeral	17 Jan 2004	Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	Sergeant, United States Army  [1, 2]
  		United States Army Prior to the establishment of the "Department of the Army Emblem", there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for public display. In recognizing the need to provide a display item, the Secretary of the Army approved the emblem design as the…
  		United States Army
  Death	15 Jan 2004	Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	17 Jan 2004	Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Burial with military honors.
  		Headstone, Harrison, Clarence Ray
  Person ID	I20851	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Harrison, Oran 'Bub',   b. 6 Jun 1912, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Jan 1997, Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Payne, Lois Marguerite,   b. 24 May 1911, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois d. 3 Jun 1987, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1937  [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F8685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. HARRISON, K.
  Family ID	F9347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Jan 1939 - Clay County, Illinois Death - 15 Jan 2004 - Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - 17 Jan 2004 - Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 17 Jan 2004 - Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Clarence R. Harrison, 65, of Flora, formerly of Clay City, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2004, at Clay County Hospital in Flora. Burial with military honors. Mr. Harrison was born on January 2, 1939, in Clay County, the son of Oran and Marguerite (Payne) Harrison. He was a retired semi-truck driver. He was a member of Sailor Springs Christian Church and a member of Flora American Legion Post #14, Flora Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3999 and Flora Eagles Lodge. He was a sergeant in the U.S. Army and was an admirer of old Western movies. Mr. Harrison is survived by a granddaughter, Ashten Harrison, of Clay City; a stepdaughter, Gina Ross and her husband, Robert, of Clay City; three sisters, Shirley Porter and her husband, David, of Louisville, Carolyn Woodruff and her husband, Chuck, of Pawnee, and Audrey Miller and her husband, Ray, of Clay City; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Kelly Harrison.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5744] http://findagrave.com, Obituary, Harrison, Clarence R., 65, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8318976), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5745] http://findagrave.com, Headstone, Harrison, Clarence Ray, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8318976), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5203] http://findagrave.com, Headstone, Harrison, Lois Marguerite and Oran "Bub", (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8319086), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5204] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Harrison, Marguerite, 76, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8328365), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5205] http://findagrave.com, Obituary, Harrison, Oran, 84, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8319086), none. (Reliability: 2).