MYRL DEAN HARRIS

ADVANCE -- Funeral services for Myrl Dean Harris, 59, of Advance are today at 2 p.m. at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, with the Rev. George Hutchings presiding. Burial will follow in Baker Cemetery.

Harris died Friday, Sept. 12, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born April 5, 1938, son of John and Leota Speer Harris in Kankakee, Ill. On Sept. 28, 1985, he married Dola Meador.

He worked as a supervisor for James River in Hazelwood and was an avid golfer. He was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Kimberly Harris of St. Charles; a stepdaughter, Janice Van Matre of Virginia Beach, Va.; six stepsons, Dan Long of Grand Rapids, Mich., Parks Long of Jacksonville, Fla., Mike Long of Advance, Chris Long of Chicago, Ill., and Mick and John Drowns, both of St. Charles; two sisters, Linda Shell and Betty Sitzes, both of Marble Hill; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter.