Ellie Harrison

Ellie Harrison

Ellie Harrison Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Aug. 18, 2009.
VERNON, Ala. - Ellie Hugh Harrison, 77, died Aug. 16, 2009, at Druid City Hospital Regional Medical Center. Services are today at 2 p.m. at Chandler Funeral Home with Terry McAdams and Pat McNees officiating. Burial will follow at Vernon City Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Mr. Harrison was born Dec. 17, 1931, in Lamar County. He was a graduate of Lamar County High School. He was a teacher and a football coach at Lamar County High School. He was an army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Frances Harrison, of Vernon; son, Ben Harrison, of McCalla, Ala.; daughter, Carrie Watts, of Vernon; brothers, Eugene Harrison, of Vernon, and Tirus Harrison, of Gulfport; and one grandchild.

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