Obituary of Sallie Elizabeth Harrison -- 2009

Contributed by Jeanette Corcoran





LA GRANGE - Sallie Elizabeth Harrison, 89, of 5472 Bryan-Hardy Road, died Saturday, 
January 17, 2009, at Britthaven of Kinston. 

Mrs. Harrison was born May 30, 1919, to the late Isaac and Betty Foyles Harrison. She 
was wife of the late Abner Harrison and was preceded in death by a grandson, Allen Groves. 

Mrs. Harrison was a member of Kinston First Pentecostal Holiness Church and enjoyed 
flowers, gardening and reading her Bible. 

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2009, from Rouse Funeral 
Home with the Rev. Jimmy Forehand and the Rev. Willis Pearson officiating. Interment will
follow at Mewborn Cemetery. 

Mrs. Harrison is survived by three daughters, Faye Jones and husband Jimmie, of Kinston, 
Betty Corn and husband Nicky, of Burnsville, Marion Westbrook and husband Sammy, of 
Goldsboro; two sisters, Cora Thomas and Ruth Baker, both of Kinston; brother, Isaac 
Harrison, Jr. of Kinston; six grandchildren, Nick Corn, Wesley Jones, Mona Saunders, Valerie 
Klem, Carol Hamilton and Sam Westbrook, Jr.; 13 great-grandchildren and five great 
great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Rouse Funeral Home and at other 
times they will be at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Sammy Westbrook, 1043 Spring Bank Road, 
Goldsboro. Online condolences may be expressed at www.rousefh.com. Arrangements are 
with Rouse Funeral Home, La Grange. Sign the guest book at www.kinston.com.

Published in the Free Press from 1/20/2009 - 1/23/2009 



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