Harmon J. Black, a preacher for more than 50 years in the Detroit, Mich., area, died March 1. He was buried in Yale, Mich., after services conducted by J. D. Cash, R. Vernon Boyd and other area church leaders. Black began preaching in 1941 when he became minister of the Plum Street congregation in Highland Park, near Detroit. After serving there 34 years, he retired and began attending the Van Dyke Church of Christ, where he became an elder. Black was on the founding board of Michigan Christian Youth Camp, helped to begin the Church of Christ Care Center for the elderly, and helped begin an effort in Christian education that resulted in Michigan Christian College. He is survived by his wife, Louise; a daughter, Marion; a son, Charles; three step-children, 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. ---Gospel Advocate, June, 1988, 56.
He married Helen Irma King (1904-1976) January 1, 1927, at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. His parents were: Charles Stevens Black (1864-1928) and Marjorie P. Russnell (1867-1964).
Harmon J. Black, a preacher for more than 50 years in the Detroit, Mich., area, died March 1. He was buried in Yale, Mich., after services conducted by J. D. Cash, R. Vernon Boyd and other area church leaders. Black began preaching in 1941 when he became minister of the Plum Street congregation in Highland Park, near Detroit. After serving there 34 years, he retired and began attending the Van Dyke Church of Christ, where he became an elder. Black was on the founding board of Michigan Christian Youth Camp, helped to begin the Church of Christ Care Center for the elderly, and helped begin an effort in Christian education that resulted in Michigan Christian College. He is survived by his wife, Louise; a daughter, Marion; a son, Charles; three step-children, 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. ---Gospel Advocate, June, 1988, 56.
He married Helen Irma King (1904-1976) January 1, 1927, at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. His parents were: Charles Stevens Black (1864-1928) and Marjorie P. Russnell (1867-1964).
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