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Military Monday: Corporal Archie Harris, Jr.

Archie Harris, Jr. South Carolina Cpl US Army Korea Dec 26, 1927 - Nov 30, 1972 Archie died in Dekalb County, Georgia. He was laid to rest in Goodwin Cemetery at Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia. Photo © 2011 S. Lincecum.

When She had Passed, it Seemed Like the Ceasing of Exquisite Music

Georgia Anna Sharman Wife of Zackery Taylor Harris Mar 13, 1851 Sept 13, 1938 Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her; When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Mrs. Harris was laid to rest beneath this granite tombstone in Roberta City Cemetery; Crawford County, Georgia. Today's beautiful epitaph is from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline (canto I, part the first). According to research from the Family History Files of Rozine Britt-Bickel , Georgia was the daughter of Owens Carroll Sharman and Georgia Anna Miller. An obituary 1 for Mrs. Harris reads, " Oldest Hotel Operator in United States Succumbs to Heart Attack at the age of 88 Years ." The 13 September 1938 item goes on to state, "Mrs. Georgianna Sharman Harris, 87, known throughout the nation as the oldest hotel keeper, died at her home here in Roberta today. Mrs. Harris and her husband have been active in Georgia hotel business ...