Edna Franklin Harris
December 6, 1915 ~ May 31, 2007
Resided in:
Fairview, NC
Edna Franklin Harris, 91, of 53 Harris Rd., Fairview, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at Memorial Campus Mission Hospitals.
A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., she was the daughter of the late Troy Marcus and Peggy Pinkerton Franklin. She was also preceded in death by her husband Robert Gordon Harris, and by her brothers, Howard Franklin, and Troy M. Franklin, Jr.
Mrs. Harris retired from C.P. Clare, and loved working with her flowers. She was an honorary member of the Ladies Auxillary of the Fairview VFD. She was also a member of Fairview Baptist Church and their Adult Sunday School Class.
Mrs. Harris is survived by her daughter, Helen Hawkins and husband Cecil, of Fairview; son, Jim Harris and wife Maxine, of Fairview; two grandchildren, Chris Harris and wife Crystal, of Black Mountain, and Sonya Hawkins, of Fairview; and sisters, Mary Kuykendall, Edith Williams, and Maud Hill, all of Fairview.
A funeral service will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday in the Groce Funeral Home chapel on Patton Avenue with the Rev. Todd Royal officiating. Interment will follow at Emma’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends 1:30-3:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Emma’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 1786, Fairview, NC 28730.
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Helen, Cecil, & Sonya: My deepest sympathies are with all of you in the loss of ‘Granny’. She was loved by many and will be missed by many as well. You all are in my thoughts and prayers as you go through this difficult time. I am so sorry that I was unable to be there for you, and thank you for your understanding.
Love & Prayers – Myra
Helen, Cecil, Jim, Maxine, Chris & Sonya – I’m saddened to hear of Aunt Ednas passing; however, she is now rejoicing with Jesus, Uncle Gordon, ‘Pop’, and many loved ones. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Aunt Edna was always a major presence in my life even after I moved to Atlanta. I feel very fortunate to have had her as my great aunt. My only regret is that I wasn’t born in time to see this wonderful proper lady riding on a motorcycle with my Uncle Gordon back during the depression. She was something. I’m going to miss you Aunt Edna.
Jim and Maxine I was so sorry to hear of Jim’s mother passing away. You are two special people and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. May God bless you both. Love Carolyn Lester
To friends and family- My prayers and thoughts are with you at this time. Mrs. Harris was blessed with a long life. Blessings and peace, Betty Nelon Rhodes formerly of Fairview
Aunt Edna will greatly be missed by us all. I will especially remember her potato salads at holidays from the recipe she reduced down from her days at the grammer school cafateria. Although my new faimly only met her once, Bobbie, Rachel and Robert said what a pleasure she was and she would be missed…Although gone from our sight never our thoughts and always in our hearts.. We love you and will miss you dearly….
Jim and Maxine, Helen and Cecil, My condolences to each of you. I will always remember Aunt Edna for her wit, her humor, and her generosity. She was a very special person. I will especially treasure the memory of visiting her each halloween as a child, when all of the neighborhood kids would gather around her table, and be given not one or two treats, but a dozen or more. Then she would try to guess who we all were. She was very good at it!
Helen & Jim: I was so saddened to hear that we have lost Aunt Edna. She was so very special to all of us. What a jewel of a lady. She had such a great sense of humor and so much love in her heart for everyone. She will truly be missed by all, but our memories of her are our treasurers forever. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Much love, Dottie & Kenneth Williams
Jim,Maxine,Helen,Cecil and the rest of the family. I am so sorry to hear about Aunt Edna. I will really miss her especially at the family reunions. You are in my prayers.
Helen, Cecil, Jim, Maxine, Chris & Sonya. Granny Harris will be greatly missed, her love and the memories of her will always be with us all and this will keep her close to all of us forever.
Our thoughts and sympathies are with you in this time of sorrow
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