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Eddie <I>Grimes</I> Harris

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Eddie Grimes Harris

Birth
Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
Death
20 Apr 1944 (aged 63)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Eddie was the daughter of Pleasant & Mary Ann Hicks Grimes. She married Oliver Mack Harris, the son of James H. & Lydia Adams Harris, on January 24, 1895 in Jessamine County, Kentucky.

They were the parents of Sallie, Mayme and Olive Harris. Their family moved from Wilmore to Louisville, and the couple raised their daughters to adulthood, in that city. Mrs. Harris passed away from the effects of myocarditis.

Deaths.-Eddie G. Harris, Thursday morning April 20, 1944, at 9:25 o'clock in her 65th year; residence 403 E. Ormsby Ave. Beloved mother of Mrs. Merle C. Blake, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Frank Brown, El Centro, Calif.; and Mrs. William L. Scott; also survived by sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Osborne, Garrard County, Kentucky; and Mrs. D.Y. Cochran; brother, William Grimes, Brooklyn, Ky.; 3 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren.

Remains at the Mortuary Chapel of John Maas and Bro., corner Floyd and Broadway. Funeral from the Chapel Monday morning of [sic at] 10:30 o'clock. Interment in St. Stephen's Cemetery.

Newspaper: Louisville Courier-Journal.
ED: 04-21-1944, pg 35, col 1.
Eddie was the daughter of Pleasant & Mary Ann Hicks Grimes. She married Oliver Mack Harris, the son of James H. & Lydia Adams Harris, on January 24, 1895 in Jessamine County, Kentucky.

They were the parents of Sallie, Mayme and Olive Harris. Their family moved from Wilmore to Louisville, and the couple raised their daughters to adulthood, in that city. Mrs. Harris passed away from the effects of myocarditis.

Deaths.-Eddie G. Harris, Thursday morning April 20, 1944, at 9:25 o'clock in her 65th year; residence 403 E. Ormsby Ave. Beloved mother of Mrs. Merle C. Blake, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Frank Brown, El Centro, Calif.; and Mrs. William L. Scott; also survived by sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Osborne, Garrard County, Kentucky; and Mrs. D.Y. Cochran; brother, William Grimes, Brooklyn, Ky.; 3 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren.

Remains at the Mortuary Chapel of John Maas and Bro., corner Floyd and Broadway. Funeral from the Chapel Monday morning of [sic at] 10:30 o'clock. Interment in St. Stephen's Cemetery.

Newspaper: Louisville Courier-Journal.
ED: 04-21-1944, pg 35, col 1.

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EDDIE HARRIS
1881-1944
MOTHER

Gravesite Details

Inter: 04-24-1944.



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  • Created by: Honor
  • Added: May 21, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52694582/eddie-harris: accessed ), memorial page for Eddie Grimes Harris (19 Mar 1881–20 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52694582, citing Saint Stephens Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Honor (contributor 47275795).