- Erma Frances Harris, 93, of Clay City died at 11:27 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Clay City Christian Church, Clay City, with the Rev. Darrel Brandon officiating. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to Clay City Christian Church. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Erma was born Feb. 4, 1917, in Sharpsburg, N.C., to Manual Andrew and Tassie Ballard (Hedgespeth) Batchelor. She graduated from Meredith College, Raleigh, N.C. She married Lloyd Russell Harris on June 10, 1939, in Sharpsburg, N.C., and they made their home in Clay City. He preceded her in death on Nov. 12, 2007.
She was a homemaker. She was a member of Sailor Springs Christian Church and later the Clay City Christian Church. She was also a member of the Sailor Springs American Legion Auxiliary, Clay City Garden Club IV and a charter member of the Sailor Springs Historical Foundation.
She is survived by a daughter, Linda Carole Davidson of Sailor Springs; four sons, Robert Wayne Harris and wife, Josephine, of Clay City, George Michael Harris and wife, Trudy, of Mount Olive, Frederick William Harris and wife, Peggy, of Clay City and Thomas Ray Harris and wife, Gayle, of Clay City; seven grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; several great-stepgrandchildren; one great-great-stepgranddaughter; brother-in-law, Arthur Laughton; sister-in-law, Maytel Marie Harris; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Edna Barkley and Reba Batchelor; brother, Manual Andrew Batchelor; daughter-in-law, Bonnie Harris; and son-in-law, Leon Davidson.
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