Services for Luther C. Harrison Jr., 90, of Alvarado will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel. Burial will be at 2 p.m. at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Harrison passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Fort Worth. He was born Feb. 25, 1921, in Annona, Texas, to Luther Cromwell Sr. and Bertha Smith Harrison. He married Kay Taylor on Aug. 26, 2008, in Cleburne.
Mr. Harrison served his country proudly in the U.S. Army during World War II and Korea. He was a retired heavy equipment operator with TXI. After retirement, he went to locksmith school and became a residential and commercial locksmith. He was a member of Alvarado Masonic Lodge No. 314, where he was a Mason for more than 57 years and Eastern Star for more than 55 years. He was a member of Fundamental Baptist Church in Alvarado.
Survivors include his wife, Kay Harrison of Alvarado; daughters, Peggy Hare of Combine, Texas, and Linda Faires and husband, Carroll, of Emory, Texas; grandsons, David Reyna and Glen Perdue Jr. and wife, Cayla; four great-grandsons, Austin, Dalton, Aaron and Dylan; sister, Jewel Hicks of Indiana; two nephews, Bill Hicks and Mike Harrison; and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Leroy Harrison; two grandchildren, Sam and Wendy; and one nephew, Robert.
You may sign guestbook, view photo and obituary at www.cpcleburne.com.
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home
512 N. Ridgeway Drive
Cleburne, TX 76033
817-648-0522
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