The  Shelbyville  News
Monday April 1, 1968
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CITY  WOMAN’S  BROTHER  DIES
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Edgar Harrison, 80, died at 12:05 a.m. today at his home in Taylorsville.
Brother of  Mrs. Ethel Spurlin of Shelbyville.
Member of the Needham Christian Church.
Retired employe of a gravel company near Edinburg.
Born May 27, 1887, in Johnson county, the son of Richard and Alice (Kerr) Harrison.
Married in 1908 to  Zelma Cole  who survives at home.
Other survivors include two other sisters,  Mrs. Nora Possman, Kokomo and  Mrs. Ann O’Leary, Indianapolis.
Mutz Funeral Home in Edinburg, with Rev. Robert Kellums officiating. 
Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming


The  Shelbyville  News
Thursday August 9, 1962
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Local Resident’s Mother Dies at 98
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Mrs. Alice (Kerr) Harrison, 98, Indianapolis, died Tuesday morning.
Services at the Pentecost Church in Edinburg.  Burial will be in the Rest Haven cemetery. Friends may call at the church Friday morning.
Mrs. Harrison, a former resident of Edinburg, died at her daughter’s home on 3042 N. Pennsylvania in Indianapolis. She had been ill for several years and death was attributed to complications.
Her daughter, Mrs. Ann O’Leary, survives with three other children, Mrs. Mary E. Spurlin of Shelbyville, Mrs. Nora Postman of Kokomo and Edgar Harrison of Columbus. Other survivors include three grandchildren and four great grandchildren of Shelbyville.
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The  Shelbyville  Democrat
Thursday, March 21, 1946
Page 1
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Charles W. Harrison Former Resident Dies
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          Word has been received here of the death of  Charles W. Harrison, age 69, former Shelby county resident.  Mr. Harrison died at is home in Albany, Ind., at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.  Survivors are the widow,  Mrs. Zella Thomas Harrison, and two sisters,  Mrs. Lucille Andrews, of Indianapolis, and  Mrs. Marybelle Toner, of Chicago.  One son, Robert, preceded him in death.  Funeral services will be held at the late home at 1:00 pm Friday.  There will be graveside services at Forest Hill cemetery here at 3:00 p. m. Friday.
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The  Shelbyville  Republican
Wednesday April 18, 1945
Page 1 column 5
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NATIVE  OF  CITY  DIES  AT  ALBANY
Robert T. Harrison to Be Buried Here
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          Robert T. Harrison, co-ordinator of distributive education for the Indianapolis public schools, died Monday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrison, in Albany, after an extended illness.
          Mr. Harrison was born in Shelbyville, but received his schooling in Albany.  He attended Hiram College, received his A. B. from Butler University, and took graduate work at Ball State Teachers' College and the University of Wisconsin.
          At various times, Mr. Harrison was a reporter on the  Shelbyville Republican, the Indianapolis News and  Evansville Journal, and he edited both the  Vincennes Commercial and  Vincennes Post.  He was an instructor in the journalism department at Butler University and had charge of the publication of the  Butler Daily Collegian in 1928-29, and for six years was a teacher in Vincennes high school.
          Besides the parents, Mr. Harrison is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ruth Lindsay Harrison, of Wheatland.
          Mr. Harrison was a member of Sigma Chi social fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, national honorary journalistic fraternity, several professional organizations and the Christian Church.
          Funeral services will be held at Albany at noon today, with burial in Shelbyville at 2:30 p.m.
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The  Shelbyville  Republican
Friday, April 24, 1936
Page 1 column 7
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LOCAL  WOMAN  DIES  IN  UTAH
Mrs. Olive C. Harrison Passes Away At Home Of Daughter
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          Mrs. Olive C. Harrison, wife of  R. N. Harrison  of 17 West Mechanic street, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gene Holloway, in St. Lake City, Utah, where Mr. & Mrs. Harrison have been spending the winter, early on Thursday morning.  Mrs. Harrison was the daughter of  Zachariah and Mary Wallar, pioneer residents of Shelbyville.  Her entire life, with the exception of a few years, had been spent in this community.  She was educated in the public schools of Shelbyville.  When quite young she was united in marriage to Charles Spellman, who lived but a short time after their marriage.  In 1902 she married Mr. Harrison, who survives. Survivors beside the husband and daughter, Mrs. Holloway, are one half-sister, Miss Beulah Wallar  of St. Paul, Minn., and her step-children, Mrs. Bert Andrews, of this city;  Mrs. Earl Toner, of Chicago, Ill., and  Charles Harrison  of Albany, Ind.  Her nieces, Mrs. Samuel Sanders, of Indianapolis, and  Jane and Beulah Andrews, of this city;  Betty Jane Toner, of Chicago, and a nephew, John Toner, of Chicago, and  Robert Harrison, of Vincennes, also survive.  Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were members of the Wi-Hub Circle for a number of years and Mrs. Harrison was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist, of this city.  She occupied a place on the board of directors in the new church and served as first reader in the new edifice.  Interment will be at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Submitted by Barb Huff


The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday July 18, 1935
Page 9 column 1
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FUNERAL  SERVICES  HELD  FOR
RICHARD  HARRISON, 77
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          Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Amity for  Richard Harrison, 77, father of  Edgar Harrison, of Shelbyville, who died Monday evening. He was a retired Edinburg lumberman.
          Other survivors are four daughters,  Mrs. Goldie Ryan, of Edinburg;  Mrs. Nora Postman and  Mrs. Anna Shepherd, of Kokomo and  Mrs. Lizzie Gaughorn of this city is a step-daughter.
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