Individual Details
Roba Orsel Harrison
(8 Jun 1913 - 27 Dec 1977)
Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate E50
Roba Orsal Harrison was born 8 June 1913 in Chester, Crawford Co. He was male. Father was Edwin Luther Harrison; mother, Susie Emiline Orsborn. Submitted by Rev. Roba Harrison of Box 52, Leola, AR, 3 Dec 1976, age 30. He presented an affidavit of Personal knowledge of Berth Waterfield; an old family Bible record; Birth certificare of his daughter by the attending physician in Oklahom; his Arkansas Voter Registration of 1967.
Roba was listed as a female in 1920 - he was not. He married Pauline Alford, 26 Jul 1937.
Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR Saturday, 22 Jan 1977, p.23
Rev. Roba O. Harrison
SHERIDAN - Rev. Roba O. Harrison, age 63, of Leola (Grant County) died Friday. He was a retired paster for Faith Assembly of God Church at Leola and other churches in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Pauline Alford Harrison; a son, Rondell [sic-Randall) Harrison of Springdale, Three daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Stover of Pine Bluff, Mrs. Wilma DeFoggi of North Little Rock, and Mrs. Trudy Dorey of Leola; his mother, Mrs. Ora Harrison of Salem, Ore.; three brothers, Loran Harrison of California, Robert Harrison of West Fork and A. D. Harrison of Memphis; a sister, Mrs. Roberta Howell of Memphis, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Funeral will be at 2 pm Saturday at Faith Assembly of God Church at Leola. Burial will be at Bashers Cemetery...
Events
Birth | 8 Jun 1913 | Chester, Crawford County, Arkansas | |||
Marriage | 26 Jul 1937 | LeFlore County, Oklahoma - Pauline Alford | |||
Death | 27 Dec 1977 | Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas |
Families
Spouse | Pauline Alford (1914 - 2002) |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Father | Edwin Luther "Ed" Harrison (1886 - 1967) |
Mother | Susan Emaline Denison "Susie" Osburn (1891 - 1949) |
Sibling | Neola Roberta Harrison (1915 - 1998) |
Sibling | Robert Harold Harrison (1917 - 1983) |
Sibling | Alonzo Rollin Harrison (1920 - 1920) |
Sibling | Loran Rex Harrison (1922 - 1994) |
Sibling | Avon Donald Harrison (1928 - 2005) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1920 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1820059), Chester Twp, ED 5; Household 31, p.2a.
2. Family Trees; Ancestry.com, Toney Dorey 2007.