Harold Harris

Harold Clifton Harris was born September 30, 1926 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Jack Vince and Mary Alice (Spencer) Harris.  He attended school in Konawa and New Lima.  In 1944, he married Juanita Beavers in Seminole.  Shortly after their marriage, he joined the US Navy and was sent to the Phillipines serving on Leyte and Samar.  At the end of WWII, he returned to Honolulu aboard the USS Gilliam, which was later sunk at Eniwitok while testing the atomic bomb.   He returned to Seminole in 1946 working at Bovaird Supply.  He worked for Sinclair Oil as a roustabout, pulling unit operator, and gang pusher until 1967.  He was then promoted and transferred to Crooks Gap, Wyoming in 1967, working as an assistant foreman.  In 1970, he was moved to another field, enlarging his territory, and in 1971 he was promoted to Production Foreman and transferred to Gillette, Wyoming.  In January of 1974, he was promoted to District Superintendent for western Wyoming and southern Montana, and moved to Hamilton Dome Field near Thermopolis, Wyoming.   While in Wyoming, Harold served on the Bureau of Land Management Board.  In 1978 he was Vice-Chairman of the South Big Horn Basin API Chapter.  In 1979, he served as Chairman.   After retirement, he returned to Seminole.  He was a life-time member of the VFW, a member of the American Legion, and a Charter Member of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.  Harold loved playing golf, fishing, and hunting.  During the years he lived in Wyoming, he was fortunate enough to harvest several deer, elk, and a bull moose. Harold passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Harold was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Dorothy Harris, his wife of almost 70 years Juanita Harris, and son-in-law John Baker.   He is survived by a daughter, Natalie Baker of Seminole, granddaughter Sharon Racine and husband Dana of Massachusetts, grandson Jarrod Baker of Shawnee, and two great-grandchildren, Genevieve Racine and Isaac Racine of Massachusetts.   Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 7th, at 10:30 am in the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Marvin Kehl. Burial with military honors will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Funeral Information: August 7, 2013, 10:30 AM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel located at 1001 N. Milt Phillips, Seminole, OK 74868