The Shelbyville News
Monday April 1, 1968
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CITY WOMAN’S BROTHER DIES
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Edgar Harrison, 80, died at 12:05 a.m. today at
his home in Taylorsville.
Brother of Mrs. Ethel Spurlin of Shelbyville.
Member of the Needham
Christian Church.
Retired employe of a gravel
company near Edinburg.
Born May 27, 1887, in Johnson county,
the son of Richard and Alice (Kerr) Harrison.
Married
in 1908 to Zelma Cole who survives at home.
Other survivors include two other
sisters, Mrs. Nora Possman, Kokomo and Mrs. Ann O’Leary,
Indianapolis.
Mutz Funeral Home in Edinburg, with Rev. Robert Kellums
officiating.
Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Lisa Powell
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Thursday August 9, 1962
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Local Resident’s Mother
Dies at 98
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Mrs. Alice
(Kerr) Harrison, 98, Indianapolis, died Tuesday morning.
Services at the Pentecost Church in Edinburg. Burial will be in the Rest Haven cemetery. Friends may call at the
church Friday morning.
Mrs. Harrison, a former resident of
Edinburg, died at her daughter’s home on 3042 N. Pennsylvania in
Indianapolis. She had been ill for several years and death was
attributed to complications.
Her daughter, Mrs. Ann O’Leary,
survives with three other children, Mrs. Mary E. Spurlin of
Shelbyville, Mrs. Nora Postman of Kokomo and Edgar Harrison
of Columbus. Other survivors include three grandchildren and four
great grandchildren of Shelbyville.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Lisa Powell
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Democrat
Thursday, March 21, 1946
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Charles W. Harrison Former Resident Dies
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Word has been received here of the death of Charles W. Harrison, age 69, former Shelby county resident. Mr. Harrison died at is home in Albany, Ind.,
at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Zella
Thomas Harrison, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Andrews, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Marybelle Toner, of Chicago.
One son,
Robert, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at the late home at 1:00 pm Friday.
There will be graveside services at Forest Hill
cemetery here at 3:00 p. m. Friday.
Submitted by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville
Republican
Wednesday April 18, 1945
Page 1 column 5
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NATIVE OF CITY DIES AT ALBANY
Robert T. Harrison to Be Buried Here
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Robert T. Harrison, co-ordinator of distributive education
for the Indianapolis public schools, died Monday at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Harrison, in Albany, after an extended illness.
Mr. Harrison was born in
Shelbyville, but received his schooling in Albany. He attended Hiram
College, received his A. B. from Butler University, and took graduate work at
Ball State Teachers' College and the University of Wisconsin.
At various times, Mr. Harrison
was a reporter on the Shelbyville Republican, the Indianapolis
News and Evansville Journal, and he edited both the Vincennes
Commercial and Vincennes Post. He was an instructor in
the journalism department at Butler University and had charge of the publication
of the Butler Daily Collegian in 1928-29, and for six years was a
teacher in Vincennes high school.
Besides the parents, Mr.
Harrison is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ruth Lindsay Harrison, of
Wheatland.
Mr. Harrison was a member of
Sigma Chi social fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, national honorary journalistic
fraternity, several professional organizations and the Christian Church.
Funeral services will be held
at Albany at noon today, with burial in Shelbyville at 2:30 p.m.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Friday, April 24, 1936
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LOCAL WOMAN DIES IN UTAH
Mrs. Olive C. Harrison Passes Away At Home Of Daughter
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Mrs. Olive C. Harrison,
wife of R. N. Harrison of 17 West Mechanic street, passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Gene Holloway, in St. Lake City, Utah, where Mr. & Mrs. Harrison have
been spending the winter, early on Thursday morning. Mrs. Harrison was the daughter of
Zachariah and Mary Wallar, pioneer residents of Shelbyville. Her entire life, with the exception of a few years,
had been spent in this community. She was educated in the public schools of Shelbyville. When quite
young she was united in marriage to Charles
Spellman, who lived but a short time
after their marriage. In 1902 she married Mr. Harrison, who survives. Survivors beside the husband and daughter,
Mrs. Holloway, are one half-sister, Miss Beulah Wallar of St. Paul, Minn., and her step-children,
Mrs. Bert Andrews,
of this city; Mrs. Earl Toner, of Chicago, Ill., and Charles Harrison
of Albany, Ind. Her nieces, Mrs. Samuel Sanders,
of Indianapolis, and Jane and Beulah Andrews, of this city; Betty Jane
Toner, of Chicago, and a nephew, John Toner,
of Chicago, and Robert Harrison, of Vincennes, also survive. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were members of the Wi-Hub
Circle for a number of years and Mrs. Harrison was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist, of this city.
She occupied a place on the board of directors in the new church and served as first reader in the new edifice.
Interment will be at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Submitted by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday July 18, 1935
Page 9 column 1
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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
RICHARD HARRISON, 77
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Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at Amity for Richard Harrison, 77, father of Edgar
Harrison, of Shelbyville, who died Monday evening. He was a
retired Edinburg lumberman.
Other survivors are four daughters,
Mrs. Goldie Ryan, of Edinburg; Mrs. Nora Postman and Mrs. Anna Shepherd, of Kokomo and
Mrs. Lizzie Gaughorn
of this city is a step-daughter.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Lisa Powell
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