James Wesley Harris (1916 - 2000)

Born 3 Oct 1916 in Little Rock, Saline, Arkansas, United States

Husband of Edna Mae (Ivey) Harris — married 16 Jun 1938 in Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina

Died 21 Sep 2000 at age 83 in Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Karen Herndon [send private message]

Biography

James was born in 1916, the 2nd of 3 children to Ivey Lee Harris Sr and Susan Irene Ward. His siblings were: Ivey Lee Jr and Johnnie; 5 half-siblings were: Lucile, Frances, Walter, Annie, and George.

• Fact: Residence (1920) Little Rock Ward 8, Pulaski, Arkansas
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place

He married in 1938 to Edna Mae Ivey, daughter of Osmer Elrod Ivey Sr and Carrie Smith Greene. He was about 21 years old and was her second husband. They had 1 child together.

• Fact: Residence (1940) Militia District 321, Baldwin, Georgia
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1940-1942) Hardwick, Baldwin, Georgia
• Fact: Citizenship United States
• Fact: Residence Hardwick, Georgia
• Fact: Occupation Supervisor of the Central Kitchen Central State Hospital, Baldwin, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (01 Jan 1994-01 Jan 2000) Milledgeville, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (17 Sep 2000) Milledgeville, Georgia
• Fact: Obituary (22 Sep 2000) Georgia

James passed away in 2000 at the age of 83.

• Fact: Burial (24 Sep 2000) Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States

Links

• Obituary for James W. Harris
• FamilySearch PID: LRC9-ZMB
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13812632 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFD-8MD : accessed 7 October 2020), James Harris in household of Ivy Harris, Little Rock Ward 8, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 145, sheet 13A, line 25, family 288, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 79; FHL microfilm 1,820,079.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K726-4FV : 6 March 2020), James W Harris, Militia District 321, Baldwin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-10, sheet 18B, line 69, family 400, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 637.
• "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QH-K1GN : accessed 7 October 2020), James Wesley Harris, 1940-1942; citing Hardwick, Baldwin, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005420671.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ84-ZWTB : 29 May 2020), J Harris, 1994-2000.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYCN-CNT : 21 August 2020), James W Harris, 21 Sep 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTH-QM7S : accessed 7 October 2020), James Wesley Harris, Georgia, United States, 22 Sep 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Macon Telegraph, The, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRC-RGYB : accessed 7 October 2020), James Wesley Harris in entry for Mrs Edna Ivey Harris, Georgia, United States, 26 Feb 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Macon Telegraph, The, born-digital text.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 October 2020), memorial page for James Wesley Harris (3 Oct 1916–21 Sep 2000), Find a Grave Memorial no. 13812632, citing Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Sandy Matthew Reisig (contributor 47063218).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 October 2020, 06:37), entry for James Wesley Harris(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LRC9-ZMB); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70236500/person/30343519689/facts : accessed 7 Oct 2020), profile for James Wesley Harris.

Acknowledgement

Harris-24531 was created by Karen Ivey Herndon on 15 Apr 2017. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.