Vernon Harrison Cemetery

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Submitted by Lisa Sons

Directions:  Beginning on the front steps of the Estill County Court House, go right onto Main Street, continue north on hwy. 89 out of Irvine, turn right onto Rd. # 1705 – White Oak Road.  Continue on White Oak Road until you come to the White Oak Church on the left.  Park in church parking lot.  The small Harrison Cemetery is adjacent and to the right of the Dunaway Cemetery.  It is directly behind the church and enclosed with a chain link fence.

Documented:  27 May 2000

by

Gloria Jean “Jeannie” Charles Sons & Lisa Gail Sons

Peggy Elois Harrison      July 23, 1937 – July 4, 1942
(dau. of Vernon & Rebecca Rawlins Harrison)  (Peggy was almost 5 years old when she died in a housefire.)
Elmer Harrison      June 24, 1917 – Oct. 27, 1951      “Precious Lord Take My Hand”

     (oss) Beulah Harrison      May 10, 1918 –
(Elmer Harrison, son of Vernon & Rebecca J. Rawlins Harrison) (Elmer married Beulah Woosley)

Vernon Harrison      1889 – 1954      “They Were The Sunshine of Our Home”
      (oss) Rebecca J. Harrison      1898 – 1972

(Vernon Harrison, son of John Harrison)  (Vernon married Rebecca Jane Rawlins)

Sterling Harrison      1925 – 1986      “S1 US Navy, World War II”

(son of Vernon & Rebecca J. Rawlins Harrison)
Theda Reedy      b. 1932, d. 2000

(Theda Harrison Reedy, dau. of Vernon & Rebecca J. Rawlins Harrison)

SEPARATE, ADJACENT PLOTS

Carl Powell      May 3, 1906 – Oct. 23, 1957      “At Rest, Sweet Daddy”

(son of Henry M. & Nannie Witt Powell)

Elihue West      Jan. 15, 1890 – Feb. 11, 1969

(son of Enoch “Nick” & Patsy Crouch West)
Lizzie West      Dec. 20, 1894 – Dec. 23, 1958

(Elizabeth Lizzie J. Powell, dau. of Henry M. & Nannie Witt Powell)
William West      1926 – 1999
(William "Billy" West b. 30 Oct 1926 Estill Co., KY, son of Elihu & Elizabeth Lizzie J. Powell West)

 

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