Grant C. Harris, II

© Published in Enid, OK. News

Feb. 11, 2011

Submitted and © by Sylva Rhodes

© Glenn

Grant C. Harris, II

ENID - Funeral service for Grant C. Harris II, 85-year-old former Enid resident, will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at Central Christian Church. The Rev. John McLemore will officiate. Burial will follow in Good Hope cemetery, Helena, Okla., under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home.

Grant was born in Enid at 605 North 10th on Sept. 5, 1925, to Grant C. Harris Sr. and Armene (Butts) Harris and died Monday, Feb. 7, 2011.

At age four he moved to Perry, Okla., with his parents and attended Perry schools. When he was 14 he moved to Enid, where he graduated from Enid High School in 1943.

In September 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He attended Enid Business College after an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps.

He was in the insurance business for 35 years, retiring in 1985. He was a charter member of Christ United Methodist Church, where he served as lay leader, chairman of the board, chairman of trustees, Sunday school superintendent and was chairman of evangelism committee. He joined Central Christian Church and served as elder, World Outreach Chairman, president of Sooner Sunday School class and served on Reach Out Callers Committee.

He leaves four children, Mary Virginia Haeberlen of The Woodlands, Texas, Barbara Fuller of Oklahoma City, Grant C. Harris III of Arlington, Texas, and Kenneth Paul Harris of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Francis Kehnemund of Enid and Marilou Redditt of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren, Christine Kirby, Kimberly Haeberlen, Ryan Fuller, Scott Fuller, Sara Beth Miller, Brandon Harris, Nathaniel Harris and Alicia Woodring; and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Grant C. Harris Sr.; his mother, Armene C. Harris; and his wife, Mary Alice in 1997.

The family would like to thank the kind and caring staff of both Good Shepherd Hospice and Grace Living Center of Brookwood.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to either Central Christian Church or National Parkinson's Foundation.

Condolences may be made to the family online at www.enidwecare.com. (Submitted by family)