OBITS: Sturgis News, Feb. 4, 1998 - Union Co

Copied with the permission of The Sturgis News, Sturgis, Union County,
Kentucky, Wednesday, February 4, 1998, Number 5, Obits on page 2.


ANNA PERKINS HARRIS

Anna Perkins Harris, 90, Morganfield, died Sunday at 7:45pm at Coble
Health Care Center in Durham, NC.

She became involved in college administration at Vanderbilt University and
later at the universities of Michigan and Pennsylvania.

She was appointed Dean of Women at the University of Vermont and was
honored by a residence hall named after her.

Miss Harris concluded her formal career as executive director of the
National Association of Women Deans and Counselors in Washington, DC,
retiring in 1972.

She received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from William Woods College
in Missouri.

Miss Harris moved to Durham in 1988.

She was born and raised in Morganfield, and was the daughter of the late
Anna Mae Cannon Harris and William Truman Harris.

She was also preceded in death by a brother, William Truman Harris Jr.,
and a sister, Sara Dorsey Harris Brown.

There are no local survivors. Surviving are neices Sara H. Craven and
Patricia Wolfe of Charlotte; a sister in law, Ursula R. Harris of
Charlotte; and grand nephews James, Joseph and William Craven, all of Durham.

Miss Harris was a resident of the Methodist Retirement Home at the time of
her death.

A memorial service was held January 28 at the Coble Health Care Center in
Durham.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Family Council of the Methodist
Retirement Home, 2616 Erwin Road, Durham, North Carolina, 27705.

Graveside services were at 3pm Saturday at Odd Fellow Cemetery.
	

From: Maria Troutman 
<troutman@interquest.de>
Date: 11 Feb 1998