CLISTA HARRIS
1876-1960
Mrs. Clista Harris, 84, died at 4:30 December 24 at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Roy Wheeler, Winifred. She had been ill for
the past ten months.
The daughter of the late James and Gemia Pack Stone, she was born
March 6, 1876, and had been a lifelong resident of Winifred, where
she was a beloved and respected member of that community. She was
a member of the United Baptist Church.
She was married August 5, 1896, to Maywood Harris, who preceded
her in death September 30, 1949.
Survivors also include four sons, Jim, Woodrow and Herbert Harris,
all of Winifred; Charley Harris, Circleville, O.; six other
daughters, Hettie Sparks, Sunbury, Ohio; Mrs. Oscar Castle and
Mrs. Zona Craft, both of Winifred; Mrs. Perla Lyons, Flat Gap;
Mrs. Lula Hamilton, Pataskala, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Reneda
Ramey, Lonfred; Mrs. Reneda Ramey, London, Ohio; Mrs. Catherine
Harris, Springfield, Ohio; and one brother, Jasper Slone,
Winifred, Ky. Also surviving are 45 grandchildren, 70 great-
grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December
27, from the Franks Creek United Baptist Church with O. I.
Williams and Lonza Reed as officiating ministers.
Burial was in the Lemasters Cemetery at Winifred.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
4 January 1961
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