Herbert Ward Harless, 85, of Shawsville, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 28, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Zannie and Lelia Harless.
Surviving is his loving wife of 58 years, Ann Trump Harless; son, Gary L. and wife, Tamara Harless; grandsons, Chris and Cody Harless; granddaughters, Hannah and Halle Harless; sister, Lorene Tolley; brothers, Edwin and Russell Harless; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was employed at General Electric for 35 years. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.
A special thanks to the Oncology and Infusion Center at Lewis Gale Clinic.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Shawsville Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 14, Shawsville, VA 24162.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Lotz Salem Chapel with Pastor Mark Tolley officiating.
Interment will follow at Sherwood Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lotz Funeral Home Salem.
Herbert Ward Harless
Born: 2 December 1930. Died: 28 March 2016. Parents: Zannie Walter Ward Harless and Lelia Gertrude Vaught. Spouse: Geneva Ann Trump. Known Children: Garry Lynn Harless. Relationship to Johan Philip Harless:double 5th great-grandson.
In Memory of
Adelee Lyle Harless
January 12, 1923 – February 22, 2016
Adelee Lyle Harless, 93, of Lynchburg, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2016 at his residence. He was the loving husband of Ivan Moore Harless for 67 years.
Born on January 12, 1923 in Boissevain, VA, he was the son of the late Thomas Cheatwood Harless and Catherine Litchford Harless. He was the last family member of 10 children by Thomas and Catherine.
Adelee worked as a self-employed surveyor for 48 years. One of his favorite hobbies was antique automobiles. Adelee was a member of North Bedford Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
In addition to his wife, Adelee is survived by his son, Thomas Adelee Harless and fiancée Phyllis Bolton; daughter, Juanita Sims and husband Ed; grandchildren, Joshua and April Sims; great granddaughters, Madison and Allison Sims; special brother-in-law, Roger B. Moore; and very special friends, Catherine Arthur, Wallace Arthur, and Wanda Golding.
A funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Whitten Timberlake Chapel. Interment will follow at Moore Family Cemetery in Appomattox.
The family will be receiving friends anytime at the residence.
For those wishing to make memorial contributions, the family would like you to consider, North Bedford Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Adelee Lyle Harless
Born: 12 January 1923. Died: 22 February 2016. Parents: Thomas Cheatwood Harless and Catherine Elizabeth Litchford. Spouse: Ivan Moore. Known Children: Tomas Adelee Harless, Juanita Rose Harless. Relationship to Johan Philip Harless: 5th great-grandson and 6th great-grandson.
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I think we all know how important it is to take note of all the information on a document that concerns our ancestors, but who hasn’t quickly scribbled down the important parts and then forgotten to go back and do things properly? Today I finally got back to one and I’m kicking myself!
Here’s what I knew: Martha Harless was born in Tennessee some time in October 1860 to William Harless and Matilda Jackson. On 13 September 1877 she was married to R. F. Hailey in Falls County, Texas. In the 1880 census Martha is the head of a household in Falls County, Texas with her two eldest children, Olly, b. ca. 1878 and Carl, b. ca. 1879. In 1910 she is in the household of R. F. Hailey, her husband, in Robertson County, Texas with their children, Birde, b. ca. 1885 and Jessie, b. ca. 1891. This census reports that she was the mother to five children and all five were still living, but as yet I do not know the name of the fifth child. On 8 February 1926 Martha Hailey died in Cameron, Milam County, Texas. She was buried in Little River Cemetery.
Today I took a closer look at her death certificate and took note that her father was listed as “J. Harless” and her mother as “Don,t know”. Also notable was the date of birth Oct 1860 with “DK” for the day and her age given as 65 years 4 months and “Dont Know” days. So who was the source of this information? Surely her husband (it said she was married, not widowed) or children would know her birthday, even if they didn’t know her mother’s name. The source was D. S. Shuffield of Maysfield, Texas, but who was that?
I quickly searched Family-Search for D. S. Shuffield with a Texas residence and immediately spotted an interesting result in Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973: D. S. Shuffield father, spouse: Jesse Haily, child: Winford Shuffield. Winford Shuffield was born on 22 May 1914 in Milam County, Texas, and died on 13 October 1930 in Maysfield Precinct, Milam County, Texas. His parents were as given in the search result and the informant was Harmon Shuffield of Maysfield, Texas. His burial place was Little River cemetery.
It was starting to look as though Martha Harless’s daughter Jessie Hailey had married D. S. Shuffield, but I wanted to make sure this wasn’t just a coincidence so I searched Family-Search for “Jessie Shuffield” with a Texas residence. There were a few interesting results.
1. Jessie Shuffield, b. ca. 1891 was the head of a household in the 1940 census in Milam County, Texas, with children Willard, Dorothy, Adelle and Elmo.
2. Jessie Shuffield, b. ca. 1891 was the wife of Dorchie Shuffield in the 1920 census in Milam County, Texas, with children Winford and Harmond Shuffield.
#2 looked good – if this was the right Jessie it would give me the name Dorchie for D.S. and Harmond could be the Harmon Shuffield who gave the information for Winford Shuffield’s death certificate, but it was result #3 that really caught my eye.
3. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976: Jessie Pearl Shuffield birth: 8 February 1891, Texas. death: 16 March 1972, Calvert, Robertson, Texas. father: Robert Hailey. Robert? Was this R. S. Hailey? Once again the death certificate had an unknown person as the informant: Elmo Neal Sr. He apparently did not know the name of Jessie Pearl’s mother as that is listed as “Unable to Obtain” Jessie was buried in Little River Cemetery.
If Little River was a small cemetery I would be more convinced that Jessie Pearl Shuffield was the daughter of Martha Harless, so I checked the cemetery at Find-a-grave. Find-a-grave lists 1,281 interments, so it isn’t really a family cemetery.
I searched for the name Shuffield – 49, including a Dorchie S. Shuffield and a William Winford Shuffield, but no Jessie Pearl Shuffield.
I then searched the cemetery for the surname “Hailey” and the results showed Martha Harless Hailey and Jessie Pearl Hailey Neal.
Unfortunately there was no photograph of Martha’s grave and the entry leads me to believe it was from her death certificate rather than her tombstone.
There was a photograph of Jessie Pearl Hailey Neal’s grave marker, there is no indication on it that she was ever the wife of D. S. Shuffield, but the notes list her first husband as Dorchie Speed Shuffield and her second husband as Elmo Lon Neal.
Obviously I have lots more researching to do, but putting everything together it appears that Martha Harless married Robert F. Hailey and that their daughter Jessie Pearl Hailey married Dorchie Speed Shuffield.
All of these new clues came from the one overlooked name on a death certificate. How many clues have you overlooked?
Larry T. Harless, 68, Roanoke, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. He was a very loving husband, father and grandfather who never met a stranger. He was predeceased by his parents, Arnold and Beatrice Harless.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Harless, son, Timothy Harless (Angela), grandsons, Alex Harless, Andrew Harless; his brother Jackie Harless (Cheryl); his sisters, Gladys Wright (Kenny), Brenda Shockley (Kemp) and Glenda Harless. He is also survived by the two joys of his life Abigail Rose Bailey and Hannah Michelle Harless.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at Oakey’s North Chapel from 6 to 9 pm with funeral services on Friday, February 5, 2016 at noon from Oakey’s North Chapel with Rev. L. W. Carter officiating and interment to follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Larry Templeton Harless
Born: 18 July 1947.
Died: 2 February 2016.
Parents: Arnold Huff Harless and Beatrice Bell Davis.
Spouse: Betty Dianne Bailey.
Known Children: Timothy Brian Harless.
Relationship to Johan Philip Harless: 5th great-grandson and 6th great-grandson.
Johan Philip Harless.
Philip Harless.
Daniel Harless.
Henry Harless.
James Thomas Harless.
Templeton Huff Harless and Stella Catherine Graves.
Arnold Huff Harless.
Larry Templeton Harless.
Johan Philip Harless.
Philip Harless.
Daniel Harless.
Henry Harless.
Mahulda Catherine Harless and George William Graves.
Joseph Willard Graves.
Stella Catherine Graves and Templeton Huff Harless.
HARLESS, Tom Martin Age 90, passed away in Greenville, Ohio on January 7, 2016. Born Feb. 5, 1925, in Greenville, Ohio, the second child and only son of Lon and Genevieve (Amman) Harless, Tom was preceded in death by his parents and his oldest sister, Mary Florence Strukamp, and an infant sister Elizabeth. As a youth, Harless attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church and elementary school. Drafted out of Greenville High School in 1943, Tom served a tour in the U.S. Army at the end of WWII in Okinawa and Japan and was honorably discharged as a sergeant. He married Hazel Naomi Anthony at St. Mary’s Church in Greenville on July 12, 1947. The couple has six living children. The family settled in Greenville until 1967 when they relocated to Dayton, Ohio. When the children were grown, Tom and Hazel moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in October of 1977 and later up the coast to Satellite Beach, FL in 1992, where they remained until a final move back to Greenville to live in the Brethren’s Retirement Community in November of 2012. Harless had a life-long career in sales. In Greenville, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Elks. A natural athlete, he swam and played football as a youth, played church league softball for St. Mary’s in Greenville in the early 1960s, and rode a bike most days upon retirement in his 80s. Also in retirement, Harless taught himself to refurbish bicycles and often donated them to charity or to neighborhood children. He enjoyed entertaining with stories and jokes. Gregarious and outgoing, he made friends easily and was an ace card player and gin rummy aficionado. He was an active member of the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church near Satellite Beach, FL and performed church-related volunteer work for the parish, including organizing the food court at the church’s annual festival. He also was a long-time volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and delivered Meals on Wheels until late in life. Although proud to be a transplanted Floridian for decades, he remained a loyal fan of the Cincinnati Reds and followed Ohio State and Notre Dame Football. Harless is survived by Hazel, his wife of 68 years, and daughter Susan Halley (Richard) of Greenville, Ohio, John Harless of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, James Harless (Edna Higgins)of Dayton Ohio, Barbara Gotshall (Robert) of Fort Collins, CO, Rebecca Rosen (Clifford) of Freeport, Maine, and Sharon Harless also of Fort Collins, CO. Tom is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday January 12, 2016 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church 233 West Third Street, Greenville, Ohio with Rev. Father John R. White as celebrant. Burial with Military Honors conducted by the Greenville Veterans Honor Guard will be held in the St. Mary’s Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. and on Tuesday from 9:00 A.M. until 9:30 A.M. in the Zechar Bailey Funeral Home Greenville, Ohio. The will be a Prayer Service on Monday at 5: 30 P.M. in the funeral home. It is the wishes of the family that Memorial Contributions be given to the Brethren Retirement Community Resident’s aid Fund. Condolences for the family may be sent to www.zecharbailey.com
Published in Dayton Daily News on Jan. 9, 2016
Tom Martin Harless
Born: 5 February 1925. Died: 7 January 2016. Parents: Alonzo Lewis Harless and Genevieve K. Amman. Spouse: Hazel Naomi Anthony. Known Children: Susan Harless, John Harless, James Harless, Barbara Harless, Rebecca Harless, Sharon Harless. Relationship to Johan Philip Harless: 5th great-grandson.
