Longtime Quitman resident and icon, Alice Delilah Burford Harris passed away August 17, 2011 in Tyler at the age of 87.
Alice was born and raised in Quitman and was a lifelong resident. She retired from the First National Bank in Quitman. Alice began as a bookkeeper and ended her 42 year service as a trusted vice president.
She was a charter member of Quitman Pilot Club, Quitman Garden Club, charter member of ABWA, loyal supporter of Quitman Community Theater, volunterred as a Pink Lady at the Quitman Hospital, and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Quitman where she taught prekindergarten Sunday school for many years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Harris, brother, Virgil Burford; and sister, Illa Amason.
Denese Stanberry (Dobbs) (1965)
Longtime Quitman resident and icon, Alice Delilah Burford Harris passed away August 17, 2011 in Tyler at the age of 87.
Alice was born and raised in Quitman and was a lifelong resident. She retired from the First National Bank in Quitman. Alice began as a bookkeeper and ended her 42 year service as a trusted vice president.
She was a charter member of Quitman Pilot Club, Quitman Garden Club, charter member of ABWA, loyal supporter of Quitman Community Theater, volunterred as a Pink Lady at the Quitman Hospital, and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Quitman where she taught prekindergarten Sunday school for many years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Harris, brother, Virgil Burford; and sister, Illa Amason.