PUBLISHED IN:
ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
JANUARY 11, 2010
ABILENE, TEXAS
OBITUARY:
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
ABILENE
Jessie Ella Conner Harrison, 97, passed away peacefully, Saturday, January 9, 2010, surrounded by her family. Jessie Ella was born in Hill County, Texas on January 2, 1913. She graduated from Wingate High School where her favorite subject was math. On September 25, 1939, she married A. H. "Bud" Harrison and settled in the Bradshaw community to raise a family. She was an active member of Bradshaw Baptist Church, where she was a church clerk for 39 years. After retirement she joined South Side Baptist Church in Abilene. Her home cooked meals were legendary. Especially memorable were her coconut cream pies.
Jessie was proceded in death by her husband, her parents, Ada and Carrol Conner, her sister, Mary Katherine Childers and brother, Robert Conner. She is survived by two sons, David (Trish) of Wasila, Alaska and Eddie (Rebecca) of Abilene, seven grandchildren, Kati, Cindy (Keath) Hull, Tarah, Amy, Sarah (Brandon) and Marisa. Three great grandchildren Madisen, Kennedy and Adam. One cousin, Billyevan Benton of Ft. Worth.
Visitation will be held Monday, January 11, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m., Piersall-Benton Home, 733 Butternut. A Private graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery. The family request that memorials be made to Hospice of the Big Country or the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, 4601 Hartford, 79605.
PIERSALL-BENTON
FUNERAL DIRECTIORS
ORDER OF SERVICES
BRADSHAW CEMETERY
"OLD RUGGED CROSS"
CONGERATIONAL
SCRIPTURE/PRAYER/OBITUARY
PAASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"BE THOU MY VISION"
SPECIAL SELECTION
MESSAGE
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"IN THE GARDEN"
CONGREGATIONAL
PRAYER
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
"Granny"
January 2, 1913-January 9, 2010
IN HER OWN WORDS
I was born in Covington, Texas, on January 2, 1913. We moved north when mama got Typhoid fever and weighed less than 100 pounds. The doctor said to take her and go travel. We got a truck and put a tarp over it. We settled up north past Sweetwater where we picked cotton. We got us a tent to live in until it rained so hard that the water came through. Some friends let us stay in their house, but papa and mother's brother stayed with the tent. When the cotton was gone we moved to Brownfield to find more cotton where we lived in a garage.
When the cotton was gone in Brownfield we moved to Abilene to stay with friends. Papa wanted to move to somewhere in south Texas. We had car trouble and stopped to get the car fixed. We made friends with the family who fixed our car and they had us over for supper. Our new friends talked us into staying instead of traveling farther south. Papa got a job picking cotton there and we rented a house to stay in for a coupld of years.
Mama wanted to move back and a friend found them a house to rent near Wingate. Papa finished school at Wingate and we picked cotton. After a while, we found out the rent was going up so we decided to move to Winters and then moved to Big Spring where papa bought his first tractor. Things in Big Spring did not work out so we moved to Bradshaw where I would live until now.
In Bradshaw, we picked cotton with papa while mama worked in the house. Papa never made us kids do anything that he would not do himself. Papa was a hard worker and everyone respected him. When the cotton was all gone, I would baby-sit a little boy for 30 cents an hour. I also worked in an ice cream shop for 60 cents an hour, but it was so cold. I went with several boys over the years, but none of them were that special. One of them asked me to marry him but I thought he was kidding at the time.
I would run into Bud Harrison at parties and church where I found out he was my neighbor. We started goin' together and we just made a hit. In 1939 Bud asked me to marry him. I bought a new dress and we married at the preacher's house (just the two of us). Whenever people have a such a hard time with their weddings I just say, "Why don't you just go down to the preacher's house and get married?" We found a cute little house and fixed it up until Bud was called into the service. He served for 2 years and I moved in with his brother and wife (Lewis & Jess Harrison) while he was gone. When he came back, we got another little house and Bud got a job working at the gin. Whenever we would be going somewhere and I could never get my hair to look just right Bud would say, "that's alright darlin', you'll be the prettiest gal there anyway." I never knew if he liked going to town or not and whenever someone would ask him why he would go, Bud would say, "if Jessie's going to town, I'm going too." Bud filled in for the preacher one Sunday and talkied about how to treat a lady, but he never said anything about how a lady should treat a man.
When Eddie and David were born they were so independent. Most little kids would be pulling on your tailcoat wanting to be held but all I had to do was put them in the cradle and away we would go when I was working in the house. They loved it! We lived in Bradshaw our whold married life but moved into 3 different houses. After Bud passed, I moved to Abilene to be near my children. I saw the neighbors sitting outside drinking tea the other day and thought about how much Bud would have loved that.
ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
JANUARY 11, 2010
ABILENE, TEXAS
OBITUARY:
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
ABILENE
Jessie Ella Conner Harrison, 97, passed away peacefully, Saturday, January 9, 2010, surrounded by her family. Jessie Ella was born in Hill County, Texas on January 2, 1913. She graduated from Wingate High School where her favorite subject was math. On September 25, 1939, she married A. H. "Bud" Harrison and settled in the Bradshaw community to raise a family. She was an active member of Bradshaw Baptist Church, where she was a church clerk for 39 years. After retirement she joined South Side Baptist Church in Abilene. Her home cooked meals were legendary. Especially memorable were her coconut cream pies.
Jessie was proceded in death by her husband, her parents, Ada and Carrol Conner, her sister, Mary Katherine Childers and brother, Robert Conner. She is survived by two sons, David (Trish) of Wasila, Alaska and Eddie (Rebecca) of Abilene, seven grandchildren, Kati, Cindy (Keath) Hull, Tarah, Amy, Sarah (Brandon) and Marisa. Three great grandchildren Madisen, Kennedy and Adam. One cousin, Billyevan Benton of Ft. Worth.
Visitation will be held Monday, January 11, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m., Piersall-Benton Home, 733 Butternut. A Private graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery. The family request that memorials be made to Hospice of the Big Country or the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, 4601 Hartford, 79605.
PIERSALL-BENTON
FUNERAL DIRECTIORS
ORDER OF SERVICES
BRADSHAW CEMETERY
"OLD RUGGED CROSS"
CONGERATIONAL
SCRIPTURE/PRAYER/OBITUARY
PAASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"BE THOU MY VISION"
SPECIAL SELECTION
MESSAGE
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"IN THE GARDEN"
CONGREGATIONAL
PRAYER
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
"Granny"
January 2, 1913-January 9, 2010
IN HER OWN WORDS
I was born in Covington, Texas, on January 2, 1913. We moved north when mama got Typhoid fever and weighed less than 100 pounds. The doctor said to take her and go travel. We got a truck and put a tarp over it. We settled up north past Sweetwater where we picked cotton. We got us a tent to live in until it rained so hard that the water came through. Some friends let us stay in their house, but papa and mother's brother stayed with the tent. When the cotton was gone we moved to Brownfield to find more cotton where we lived in a garage.
When the cotton was gone in Brownfield we moved to Abilene to stay with friends. Papa wanted to move to somewhere in south Texas. We had car trouble and stopped to get the car fixed. We made friends with the family who fixed our car and they had us over for supper. Our new friends talked us into staying instead of traveling farther south. Papa got a job picking cotton there and we rented a house to stay in for a coupld of years.
Mama wanted to move back and a friend found them a house to rent near Wingate. Papa finished school at Wingate and we picked cotton. After a while, we found out the rent was going up so we decided to move to Winters and then moved to Big Spring where papa bought his first tractor. Things in Big Spring did not work out so we moved to Bradshaw where I would live until now.
In Bradshaw, we picked cotton with papa while mama worked in the house. Papa never made us kids do anything that he would not do himself. Papa was a hard worker and everyone respected him. When the cotton was all gone, I would baby-sit a little boy for 30 cents an hour. I also worked in an ice cream shop for 60 cents an hour, but it was so cold. I went with several boys over the years, but none of them were that special. One of them asked me to marry him but I thought he was kidding at the time.
I would run into Bud Harrison at parties and church where I found out he was my neighbor. We started goin' together and we just made a hit. In 1939 Bud asked me to marry him. I bought a new dress and we married at the preacher's house (just the two of us). Whenever people have a such a hard time with their weddings I just say, "Why don't you just go down to the preacher's house and get married?" We found a cute little house and fixed it up until Bud was called into the service. He served for 2 years and I moved in with his brother and wife (Lewis & Jess Harrison) while he was gone. When he came back, we got another little house and Bud got a job working at the gin. Whenever we would be going somewhere and I could never get my hair to look just right Bud would say, "that's alright darlin', you'll be the prettiest gal there anyway." I never knew if he liked going to town or not and whenever someone would ask him why he would go, Bud would say, "if Jessie's going to town, I'm going too." Bud filled in for the preacher one Sunday and talkied about how to treat a lady, but he never said anything about how a lady should treat a man.
When Eddie and David were born they were so independent. Most little kids would be pulling on your tailcoat wanting to be held but all I had to do was put them in the cradle and away we would go when I was working in the house. They loved it! We lived in Bradshaw our whold married life but moved into 3 different houses. After Bud passed, I moved to Abilene to be near my children. I saw the neighbors sitting outside drinking tea the other day and thought about how much Bud would have loved that.
PUBLISHED IN:
ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
JANUARY 11, 2010
ABILENE, TEXAS
OBITUARY:
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
ABILENE
Jessie Ella Conner Harrison, 97, passed away peacefully, Saturday, January 9, 2010, surrounded by her family. Jessie Ella was born in Hill County, Texas on January 2, 1913. She graduated from Wingate High School where her favorite subject was math. On September 25, 1939, she married A. H. "Bud" Harrison and settled in the Bradshaw community to raise a family. She was an active member of Bradshaw Baptist Church, where she was a church clerk for 39 years. After retirement she joined South Side Baptist Church in Abilene. Her home cooked meals were legendary. Especially memorable were her coconut cream pies.
Jessie was proceded in death by her husband, her parents, Ada and Carrol Conner, her sister, Mary Katherine Childers and brother, Robert Conner. She is survived by two sons, David (Trish) of Wasila, Alaska and Eddie (Rebecca) of Abilene, seven grandchildren, Kati, Cindy (Keath) Hull, Tarah, Amy, Sarah (Brandon) and Marisa. Three great grandchildren Madisen, Kennedy and Adam. One cousin, Billyevan Benton of Ft. Worth.
Visitation will be held Monday, January 11, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m., Piersall-Benton Home, 733 Butternut. A Private graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery. The family request that memorials be made to Hospice of the Big Country or the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, 4601 Hartford, 79605.
PIERSALL-BENTON
FUNERAL DIRECTIORS
ORDER OF SERVICES
BRADSHAW CEMETERY
"OLD RUGGED CROSS"
CONGERATIONAL
SCRIPTURE/PRAYER/OBITUARY
PAASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"BE THOU MY VISION"
SPECIAL SELECTION
MESSAGE
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"IN THE GARDEN"
CONGREGATIONAL
PRAYER
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
"Granny"
January 2, 1913-January 9, 2010
IN HER OWN WORDS
I was born in Covington, Texas, on January 2, 1913. We moved north when mama got Typhoid fever and weighed less than 100 pounds. The doctor said to take her and go travel. We got a truck and put a tarp over it. We settled up north past Sweetwater where we picked cotton. We got us a tent to live in until it rained so hard that the water came through. Some friends let us stay in their house, but papa and mother's brother stayed with the tent. When the cotton was gone we moved to Brownfield to find more cotton where we lived in a garage.
When the cotton was gone in Brownfield we moved to Abilene to stay with friends. Papa wanted to move to somewhere in south Texas. We had car trouble and stopped to get the car fixed. We made friends with the family who fixed our car and they had us over for supper. Our new friends talked us into staying instead of traveling farther south. Papa got a job picking cotton there and we rented a house to stay in for a coupld of years.
Mama wanted to move back and a friend found them a house to rent near Wingate. Papa finished school at Wingate and we picked cotton. After a while, we found out the rent was going up so we decided to move to Winters and then moved to Big Spring where papa bought his first tractor. Things in Big Spring did not work out so we moved to Bradshaw where I would live until now.
In Bradshaw, we picked cotton with papa while mama worked in the house. Papa never made us kids do anything that he would not do himself. Papa was a hard worker and everyone respected him. When the cotton was all gone, I would baby-sit a little boy for 30 cents an hour. I also worked in an ice cream shop for 60 cents an hour, but it was so cold. I went with several boys over the years, but none of them were that special. One of them asked me to marry him but I thought he was kidding at the time.
I would run into Bud Harrison at parties and church where I found out he was my neighbor. We started goin' together and we just made a hit. In 1939 Bud asked me to marry him. I bought a new dress and we married at the preacher's house (just the two of us). Whenever people have a such a hard time with their weddings I just say, "Why don't you just go down to the preacher's house and get married?" We found a cute little house and fixed it up until Bud was called into the service. He served for 2 years and I moved in with his brother and wife (Lewis & Jess Harrison) while he was gone. When he came back, we got another little house and Bud got a job working at the gin. Whenever we would be going somewhere and I could never get my hair to look just right Bud would say, "that's alright darlin', you'll be the prettiest gal there anyway." I never knew if he liked going to town or not and whenever someone would ask him why he would go, Bud would say, "if Jessie's going to town, I'm going too." Bud filled in for the preacher one Sunday and talkied about how to treat a lady, but he never said anything about how a lady should treat a man.
When Eddie and David were born they were so independent. Most little kids would be pulling on your tailcoat wanting to be held but all I had to do was put them in the cradle and away we would go when I was working in the house. They loved it! We lived in Bradshaw our whold married life but moved into 3 different houses. After Bud passed, I moved to Abilene to be near my children. I saw the neighbors sitting outside drinking tea the other day and thought about how much Bud would have loved that.
ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
JANUARY 11, 2010
ABILENE, TEXAS
OBITUARY:
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
ABILENE
Jessie Ella Conner Harrison, 97, passed away peacefully, Saturday, January 9, 2010, surrounded by her family. Jessie Ella was born in Hill County, Texas on January 2, 1913. She graduated from Wingate High School where her favorite subject was math. On September 25, 1939, she married A. H. "Bud" Harrison and settled in the Bradshaw community to raise a family. She was an active member of Bradshaw Baptist Church, where she was a church clerk for 39 years. After retirement she joined South Side Baptist Church in Abilene. Her home cooked meals were legendary. Especially memorable were her coconut cream pies.
Jessie was proceded in death by her husband, her parents, Ada and Carrol Conner, her sister, Mary Katherine Childers and brother, Robert Conner. She is survived by two sons, David (Trish) of Wasila, Alaska and Eddie (Rebecca) of Abilene, seven grandchildren, Kati, Cindy (Keath) Hull, Tarah, Amy, Sarah (Brandon) and Marisa. Three great grandchildren Madisen, Kennedy and Adam. One cousin, Billyevan Benton of Ft. Worth.
Visitation will be held Monday, January 11, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m., Piersall-Benton Home, 733 Butternut. A Private graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 12, at Bradshaw Cemetery. The family request that memorials be made to Hospice of the Big Country or the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, 4601 Hartford, 79605.
PIERSALL-BENTON
FUNERAL DIRECTIORS
ORDER OF SERVICES
BRADSHAW CEMETERY
"OLD RUGGED CROSS"
CONGERATIONAL
SCRIPTURE/PRAYER/OBITUARY
PAASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"BE THOU MY VISION"
SPECIAL SELECTION
MESSAGE
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
"IN THE GARDEN"
CONGREGATIONAL
PRAYER
PASTOR WAYNE OGLESBY
JESSIE ELLA HARRISON
"Granny"
January 2, 1913-January 9, 2010
IN HER OWN WORDS
I was born in Covington, Texas, on January 2, 1913. We moved north when mama got Typhoid fever and weighed less than 100 pounds. The doctor said to take her and go travel. We got a truck and put a tarp over it. We settled up north past Sweetwater where we picked cotton. We got us a tent to live in until it rained so hard that the water came through. Some friends let us stay in their house, but papa and mother's brother stayed with the tent. When the cotton was gone we moved to Brownfield to find more cotton where we lived in a garage.
When the cotton was gone in Brownfield we moved to Abilene to stay with friends. Papa wanted to move to somewhere in south Texas. We had car trouble and stopped to get the car fixed. We made friends with the family who fixed our car and they had us over for supper. Our new friends talked us into staying instead of traveling farther south. Papa got a job picking cotton there and we rented a house to stay in for a coupld of years.
Mama wanted to move back and a friend found them a house to rent near Wingate. Papa finished school at Wingate and we picked cotton. After a while, we found out the rent was going up so we decided to move to Winters and then moved to Big Spring where papa bought his first tractor. Things in Big Spring did not work out so we moved to Bradshaw where I would live until now.
In Bradshaw, we picked cotton with papa while mama worked in the house. Papa never made us kids do anything that he would not do himself. Papa was a hard worker and everyone respected him. When the cotton was all gone, I would baby-sit a little boy for 30 cents an hour. I also worked in an ice cream shop for 60 cents an hour, but it was so cold. I went with several boys over the years, but none of them were that special. One of them asked me to marry him but I thought he was kidding at the time.
I would run into Bud Harrison at parties and church where I found out he was my neighbor. We started goin' together and we just made a hit. In 1939 Bud asked me to marry him. I bought a new dress and we married at the preacher's house (just the two of us). Whenever people have a such a hard time with their weddings I just say, "Why don't you just go down to the preacher's house and get married?" We found a cute little house and fixed it up until Bud was called into the service. He served for 2 years and I moved in with his brother and wife (Lewis & Jess Harrison) while he was gone. When he came back, we got another little house and Bud got a job working at the gin. Whenever we would be going somewhere and I could never get my hair to look just right Bud would say, "that's alright darlin', you'll be the prettiest gal there anyway." I never knew if he liked going to town or not and whenever someone would ask him why he would go, Bud would say, "if Jessie's going to town, I'm going too." Bud filled in for the preacher one Sunday and talkied about how to treat a lady, but he never said anything about how a lady should treat a man.
When Eddie and David were born they were so independent. Most little kids would be pulling on your tailcoat wanting to be held but all I had to do was put them in the cradle and away we would go when I was working in the house. They loved it! We lived in Bradshaw our whold married life but moved into 3 different houses. After Bud passed, I moved to Abilene to be near my children. I saw the neighbors sitting outside drinking tea the other day and thought about how much Bud would have loved that.
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