Harris - Joseph Morris
Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review 29 July 1957 p 2
Waynetown - Joseph Morris Harris, 80, died at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Wayne Hotel where he had been a resident for the past month. Cause of death was uremic poisoning and Mr. Harris had been ill for two and one-half months. Born Nov 2, 1875 at Abington, VA he was the son of William and Martha Bowers Harris. On Dec 22, 1896 he married Nellie Hudson at Newtown. She died in 1954. He was a member of the Waynetown Masonic Lodge No 302 of which he had been secretary for 35 years, the Waynetown Chapter of OES and sexton of the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery for many years. Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. Ruth H. Ingersoll, Country Club Road, Crawfordsville; Mrs. Beulah L. Shultz, Waynetown and Mrs. Susan J. Gravett, Cadillac Road, Speedway; 8 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren ; a sister, Mrs. Laura Head of Attica; a brother, David Harris of Texarkana, Tex and a half-brother who resides in California. He was preceded in death by a son, Leroy and two daughters in infancy. Private funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Servies Funeral Home with Rev. Homer M. Cole officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Friends may call at the funeral home. - kbz