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Robert Elmer Harrison, Jr., 89, of Celeste died Sunday, November 11, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at First Baptist Church of Celeste under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Layman will officiate. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.
Mr. Harrison was born on February 3, 1918, in Merit, Texas, the son of Robert Elmer, Sr. and Pauline E. Greer Harrison. He married Ruby Elizabeth Glasscock on November 1, 1939, in Kingston, Texas. Mr. Harrison was a retired aircraft assembler for E-Systems. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Celeste.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby Harrison of Celeste; sons, Kenneth Harrison and his wife Dora of Celeste and Mark Harrison of Celeste; daughters, Peggy Milner of Celeste, Carolyn Patterson and her husband Jimmy of Leonard, and Sandra Hughes and her husband Jack of Crestview, Florida; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Raymond Harrison and Loyd Harrison; and sisters, Edith Moore and Betty Jean Pugh.
Mr. Harrison's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be Tuesday, November 13, 2007, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.