~~~My Great Grand Uncle~~~
Roy "Booger" Harris was born about 1913 in Texas, the third child of Ernest T. and Bessie (Rusk) Harris. While a child, his family moved to Mayes County, Oklahoma. When a local store owner purchased a race car, he needed someone to drive it for him. Always known as a dare-devil type, Booger got the job. He loved racing the car. Sadly, on July 10, 1939, Booger died from injuries sustained in an auto race. He was only 26 years old.
Roy was originally buried in the Old Fisher Cemetery in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. His grave was near the grave of Maxine Dill. Later, the cemetery had to be relocated due to the Fort Gibson Dam project. Once it was thought the location of Roy's grave in the new Fisher Cemetery was lost, but fortunately, the caretaker found the location listed in her meticulous notes. He is buried in an unmarked grave two away from the "Infant Harris" grave. (Order is "Infant Harris", another infant "Thomas David Harris", and then Roy Harris.)
Below are excerpts from an article about Roy that appeared in the July 13, 1939 issue of the Wagoner Record-Democrat, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
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Wagoner Boy Killed in Kansas Car Race
Roy Harris, 26, Locust Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Harris of the Booth Bend Community, died Monday of injuries received Sunday in an automobile race at Topeka, Ks.
Harris, well known as a racing enthusiast at Pryor and Locust Grove, was also an amateur boxer.
Burial will be in the Fisher Cemetery, with Rev. Almus Bearden of Chouteau officiating. Besides his parents, Harris is survived by five sisters and three brothers.
Roy "Booger" Harris was born about 1913 in Texas, the third child of Ernest T. and Bessie (Rusk) Harris. While a child, his family moved to Mayes County, Oklahoma. When a local store owner purchased a race car, he needed someone to drive it for him. Always known as a dare-devil type, Booger got the job. He loved racing the car. Sadly, on July 10, 1939, Booger died from injuries sustained in an auto race. He was only 26 years old.
Roy was originally buried in the Old Fisher Cemetery in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. His grave was near the grave of Maxine Dill. Later, the cemetery had to be relocated due to the Fort Gibson Dam project. Once it was thought the location of Roy's grave in the new Fisher Cemetery was lost, but fortunately, the caretaker found the location listed in her meticulous notes. He is buried in an unmarked grave two away from the "Infant Harris" grave. (Order is "Infant Harris", another infant "Thomas David Harris", and then Roy Harris.)
Below are excerpts from an article about Roy that appeared in the July 13, 1939 issue of the Wagoner Record-Democrat, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
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Wagoner Boy Killed in Kansas Car Race
Roy Harris, 26, Locust Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Harris of the Booth Bend Community, died Monday of injuries received Sunday in an automobile race at Topeka, Ks.
Harris, well known as a racing enthusiast at Pryor and Locust Grove, was also an amateur boxer.
Burial will be in the Fisher Cemetery, with Rev. Almus Bearden of Chouteau officiating. Besides his parents, Harris is survived by five sisters and three brothers.
~~~My Great Grand Uncle~~~
Roy "Booger" Harris was born about 1913 in Texas, the third child of Ernest T. and Bessie (Rusk) Harris. While a child, his family moved to Mayes County, Oklahoma. When a local store owner purchased a race car, he needed someone to drive it for him. Always known as a dare-devil type, Booger got the job. He loved racing the car. Sadly, on July 10, 1939, Booger died from injuries sustained in an auto race. He was only 26 years old.
Roy was originally buried in the Old Fisher Cemetery in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. His grave was near the grave of Maxine Dill. Later, the cemetery had to be relocated due to the Fort Gibson Dam project. Once it was thought the location of Roy's grave in the new Fisher Cemetery was lost, but fortunately, the caretaker found the location listed in her meticulous notes. He is buried in an unmarked grave two away from the "Infant Harris" grave. (Order is "Infant Harris", another infant "Thomas David Harris", and then Roy Harris.)
Below are excerpts from an article about Roy that appeared in the July 13, 1939 issue of the Wagoner Record-Democrat, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
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Wagoner Boy Killed in Kansas Car Race
Roy Harris, 26, Locust Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Harris of the Booth Bend Community, died Monday of injuries received Sunday in an automobile race at Topeka, Ks.
Harris, well known as a racing enthusiast at Pryor and Locust Grove, was also an amateur boxer.
Burial will be in the Fisher Cemetery, with Rev. Almus Bearden of Chouteau officiating. Besides his parents, Harris is survived by five sisters and three brothers.
Roy "Booger" Harris was born about 1913 in Texas, the third child of Ernest T. and Bessie (Rusk) Harris. While a child, his family moved to Mayes County, Oklahoma. When a local store owner purchased a race car, he needed someone to drive it for him. Always known as a dare-devil type, Booger got the job. He loved racing the car. Sadly, on July 10, 1939, Booger died from injuries sustained in an auto race. He was only 26 years old.
Roy was originally buried in the Old Fisher Cemetery in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. His grave was near the grave of Maxine Dill. Later, the cemetery had to be relocated due to the Fort Gibson Dam project. Once it was thought the location of Roy's grave in the new Fisher Cemetery was lost, but fortunately, the caretaker found the location listed in her meticulous notes. He is buried in an unmarked grave two away from the "Infant Harris" grave. (Order is "Infant Harris", another infant "Thomas David Harris", and then Roy Harris.)
Below are excerpts from an article about Roy that appeared in the July 13, 1939 issue of the Wagoner Record-Democrat, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
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Wagoner Boy Killed in Kansas Car Race
Roy Harris, 26, Locust Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Harris of the Booth Bend Community, died Monday of injuries received Sunday in an automobile race at Topeka, Ks.
Harris, well known as a racing enthusiast at Pryor and Locust Grove, was also an amateur boxer.
Burial will be in the Fisher Cemetery, with Rev. Almus Bearden of Chouteau officiating. Besides his parents, Harris is survived by five sisters and three brothers.
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Originally in the Old Fisher Cemetery. Moved by the Corps of Engineers for the construction of Fort Gibson Dam.
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