Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, October 21, 1993 TAG: 9310210297
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: MONETA LENGTH: Short
OBIT HARRIS, EMMA MAYHEW
HARRIS, Emma Mayhew, 86, of Moneta, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 1993,
at her residence. She was born May 7, 1907 in Bedford County, a daughter of
the late John Quincy Mayhew and Lula Carter Mayhew. Her husband was the late
Clarence Pitman Harris. She was a retired employee of the Bedford Dress
Factory and was a member of the Moneta Church of God of Prophecy. She is
survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, C. W. and Shirley Harris,
Lynchburg, Rev. Melvin and Mimie Harris, Huddleston, Charlie and Flo Harris,
Moneta; five daughters and sons-in-law, Kathleen and Coolidge Ellis, Peggy and
Wayne Johnson, both of Moneta, Vivian and Carl Cassell, Madison Heights, Donna
and Wayne Wright, Lynchburg, Betty Phillips, Norfolk; two sisters, Addie M.
Kendrick, Bedford, Elzie M. Schlosser, Roanoke; one brother, Dewey Mayhew,
Salem; special friends, Bill Wattai, Helene King, both of Norfolk; 12
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday, October 21, 1993, at 2 p.m. from the Moneta Church of God of
Prophecy, by the Rev. Sam Hall. Interment will follow in the Bethlehem United
Methodist Church Cemetery. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.
by CNB