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Margaret A. Harris

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Margaret A. Harris

Birth
Keokee, Lee County, Virginia, USA
Death
17 Dec 2006 (aged 96)
Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Margaret A. Harris, only daughter of the late Nell Elizabeth Anderson and George Newman Harris was born in Keeokee, Lee County, Virginia, and was a lifelong resident of Charlottesville, Virginia. She was also preceded in death by a brother, George Newman Harris Jr.; and her niece, Susan Beverly Harris.

She attended James Madison University and the University of Virginia and for 21 years was the co-owner of the Town and Country Shop. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church.

She served on the board of the Retail Merchants Association, the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce, and the Virginia National Bank (now Bank of America).

Surviving her are a brother, Colonel Lawrence Peyton Harris; and six nieces and nephews, Paulina Anderson Harris, Evelyn Christina Maschue, George Newman Harris III, Lawrence Peyton Harris Jr., Shelley Follansbee Harris, and Gibbs Fitzgerald Harris; great-nieces and nephews; and great-great - nieces and nephews.

She will be missed dearly by her family and friends.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 22, 2006, at the Maplewood Cemetery with the Reverend Jeffrey Fishwick officiating.

Published in the Daily Progress from December 20 to December 21, 2006
Margaret A. Harris, only daughter of the late Nell Elizabeth Anderson and George Newman Harris was born in Keeokee, Lee County, Virginia, and was a lifelong resident of Charlottesville, Virginia. She was also preceded in death by a brother, George Newman Harris Jr.; and her niece, Susan Beverly Harris.

She attended James Madison University and the University of Virginia and for 21 years was the co-owner of the Town and Country Shop. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church.

She served on the board of the Retail Merchants Association, the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce, and the Virginia National Bank (now Bank of America).

Surviving her are a brother, Colonel Lawrence Peyton Harris; and six nieces and nephews, Paulina Anderson Harris, Evelyn Christina Maschue, George Newman Harris III, Lawrence Peyton Harris Jr., Shelley Follansbee Harris, and Gibbs Fitzgerald Harris; great-nieces and nephews; and great-great - nieces and nephews.

She will be missed dearly by her family and friends.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 22, 2006, at the Maplewood Cemetery with the Reverend Jeffrey Fishwick officiating.

Published in the Daily Progress from December 20 to December 21, 2006


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  • Added: Apr 1, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107658485/margaret_a-harris: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret A. Harris (10 Sep 1910–17 Dec 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107658485, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LNM (contributor 47438535).