Pearl Mills Harris
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Memorial for Pearl Mills Harris
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Born in Emporia, VA on Dec. 26, 1904
Departed on Mar. 7, 2009 and resided in Oak Shade (Louisa County), VA.
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No Visitation
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Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2009
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South Anna baptist Church
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Pearl Mills Harris, age 104, of Oak Shade in Louisa County, died March 7, 2009, at her home. She was the daughter of Phillip C. Mills and Mary Jones Mills. Born in Emporia, Virginia, she grew up in Danville and Richmond. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel C. Harris; her three brothers, Randolph P. Mills, Peter D. Mills and Phillip C. Mills; and two of her sisters, Irene M. Cudlip and Emlyn M. Markwith. She is survived by her two sons, Samuel Claybrooke Harris (Norma Bradley Harris), and Henry Mills Harris (Peggy Duke Harris); and her sister, Wilhelmina M. Antley. She leaves five grandchildren, Henry M. Harris, Jr., Mary C. Malone, Kathleen M. Hurd, Elizabeth A. Novak, and Molly L. Boose; twelve great-grandchildren; her nieces, Wilhelmina Antley and Alice Cudlip; and nephews Peter, Richard and Phillip Mills, Ray and Phillip Antley, and Sidney and Louis Markwith along with their families.
Mrs. Harris attended public schools in Danville and Richmond and graduated from Harrisonburg State Teachers College, now James Madison University. She taught 28 years in both Mineral and Apple Grove Elementary Schools, interrupting her career to raise her family. In her long life she was active in South Anna Baptist Church and several community organizations, was a member of the Jamestown Society and the Louisa County Historical Society, Mineral Chapter of the UDC. Louisa Courthouse DAR, Apple Grove/ Cuckoo Homemakers. She traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She wrote the local news for the county paper and was a partner in writing "A History of Education in Louisa County."
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to: South Anna Baptist Church, 9071 Cross County Road, Mineral, VA, 23117, or to Hospice of the Piedmont , 675 Peter Jefferson Pkwy, Suite 300, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22911.
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