Carol Woodring Harrison, age 103, of Miami, Florida, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020, at the home of her daughter in Monterey, Tennessee.
Carol was born on January 13, 1917, in East Chicago, Indiana, to the late Floyd L. and Florence May Bishton Woodring. Her family moved to Miami in 1923. Carol graduated in 1935 from Miami Senior High where she was active in many social clubs and served as Clubs Editor for the school’s yearbook during her junior year. It was at Miami Senior High that Carol met her future husband, the late James R. Harrison III. They married on New Year’s Eve in 1938.
For almost 40 years, Mrs. Harrison worked as a housewares buyer for Saunders Hardware in Miami. She was well known for her cheerful disposition and ability to locate hard-to-find products for her patrons, which included many prominent Miami citizens.
Mrs. Harrison was a past president of the Miami-Dade County PTA and once a member of the Dade County Council. Carol was an avid reader, a poet and writer, an accomplished artist and painter, a fascinating storyteller, and traveled extensively all over North America. She was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables, Florida.
Whether she was called Carol, Honey, Mommie, Mother, or Meema, her kindness and sweetness will be long remembered in the hearts of those who knew her.
Carol was born on January 13, 1917, in East Chicago, Indiana, to the late Floyd L. and Florence May Bishton Woodring. Her family moved to Miami in 1923. Carol graduated in 1935 from Miami Senior High where she was active in many social clubs and served as Clubs Editor for the school’s yearbook during her junior year. It was at Miami Senior High that Carol met her future husband, the late James R. Harrison III. They married on New Year’s Eve in 1938.
For almost 40 years, Mrs. Harrison worked as a housewares buyer for Saunders Hardware in Miami. She was well known for her cheerful disposition and ability to locate hard-to-find products for her patrons, which included many prominent Miami citizens.
Mrs. Harrison was a past president of the Miami-Dade County PTA and once a member of the Dade County Council. Carol was an avid reader, a poet and writer, an accomplished artist and painter, a fascinating storyteller, and traveled extensively all over North America. She was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables, Florida.
Whether she was called Carol, Honey, Mommie, Mother, or Meema, her kindness and sweetness will be long remembered in the hearts of those who knew her.
Carol Woodring Harrison, age 103, of Miami, Florida, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020, at the home of her daughter in Monterey, Tennessee.
Carol was born on January 13, 1917, in East Chicago, Indiana, to the late Floyd L. and Florence May Bishton Woodring. Her family moved to Miami in 1923. Carol graduated in 1935 from Miami Senior High where she was active in many social clubs and served as Clubs Editor for the school’s yearbook during her junior year. It was at Miami Senior High that Carol met her future husband, the late James R. Harrison III. They married on New Year’s Eve in 1938.
For almost 40 years, Mrs. Harrison worked as a housewares buyer for Saunders Hardware in Miami. She was well known for her cheerful disposition and ability to locate hard-to-find products for her patrons, which included many prominent Miami citizens.
Mrs. Harrison was a past president of the Miami-Dade County PTA and once a member of the Dade County Council. Carol was an avid reader, a poet and writer, an accomplished artist and painter, a fascinating storyteller, and traveled extensively all over North America. She was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables, Florida.
Whether she was called Carol, Honey, Mommie, Mother, or Meema, her kindness and sweetness will be long remembered in the hearts of those who knew her.
Carol was born on January 13, 1917, in East Chicago, Indiana, to the late Floyd L. and Florence May Bishton Woodring. Her family moved to Miami in 1923. Carol graduated in 1935 from Miami Senior High where she was active in many social clubs and served as Clubs Editor for the school’s yearbook during her junior year. It was at Miami Senior High that Carol met her future husband, the late James R. Harrison III. They married on New Year’s Eve in 1938.
For almost 40 years, Mrs. Harrison worked as a housewares buyer for Saunders Hardware in Miami. She was well known for her cheerful disposition and ability to locate hard-to-find products for her patrons, which included many prominent Miami citizens.
Mrs. Harrison was a past president of the Miami-Dade County PTA and once a member of the Dade County Council. Carol was an avid reader, a poet and writer, an accomplished artist and painter, a fascinating storyteller, and traveled extensively all over North America. She was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables, Florida.
Whether she was called Carol, Honey, Mommie, Mother, or Meema, her kindness and sweetness will be long remembered in the hearts of those who knew her.
