Harold Harmon

Harold R. Harmon CHESAPEAKE - Harold Robert "Bob" Harmon Sr., passed away Oct. 28, 2010. He was born Aug. 26, 1933 in Covington, Va., and had been a resident of Chesapeake since 1963. Harold attended Waynesboro High School where he excelled in baseball. He completed a four-year apprenticeship, as a machinist, in Norfolk Naval Shipyard and served 15 years as Sup-Ship supervisor at Portsmouth. Harold retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth after 39 years of service. He served five years as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, stationed in Fort Lee, Va., and Fort Myer, Va., Tank Division "Old Guard"; South Korea, Fort Benning, Ga., Camp Rooker, Ala., Fort Jackson, S.C., and Camp Gordon, Ga. For the past 26 years, Harold served as president of Jackson-Hewitt Tax Franchise. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Rena; three sons, Harold Harmon Jr. and his wife Joan, Ronald Harmon and his wife Pamela and Christopher Harmon and his wife Lisa; and daughter, Teresa Lynn Bruce and her husband Brian; 10 grandchildren, Susie, Melissa, Sherry, Ronald, Samantha, Brian, Robert, Shawn, Jenna and Trace; five great-grandchildren, Taylor, Alyssa, Becky, Michael and Cameron. Family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today, Oct. 31, at Snellings Funeral Home, N. George Washington Hwy., Chesapeake. A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk.