Eunice Ada (Fox) Harris (1910 - abt. 1993)

Born 3 Aug 1910 in Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States

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Died about Aug 1993 at about age 82 in Forsyth, Monroe, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Eunice was born in 1910 in Fries, Grayson, Virginia to Alfred Lenoir Fox and Lillie Frances Rush.

By 1902^[1]the blossoming family was living on Washington Ave, Tunstall, Pittsylvania, Virginia. Here is a map [1] of the boundaries of the county. Eunice was nine.

In 1930, Eunice then 20 was still living at home with her parents but that home was now on Pine Street in Horsepasture, Henry, Virginia. [2] She was working in a Bleaching Mill as a Inspector. ^[2]

Eunice waited until she was 27 to marry. On 20 February 1937, in Henry County, Virginia ^[3]she married Harry Harris and settled down in the Village of Fieldale, Horsepasture, Henry, Virginia.^[4]

In 1940 her occupation is listed as a "labeler".^[5]

In 1942, Eunice gave birth to her only child, Judy Harris in Henry County, Virginia. ^[6]

Their next home was in Dublin, Ohio where they purchased 5 acres of land and built a wonderful home a bit at a time living in each section until the next was completed. It was a large, comfortable home where they raised their daughter and eventually cared for their grandchildren during summer vacations. At various times, they raised chickens (for eggs), had horses (for the grandkids) and planted a lovely orchard that had apple and plum trees in it. ^[7]

In the mid 1970s after her husband retired, they followed their daughter to Miami, Florida to be near their two granddaughters. Harry died in their home on 35th Street in Miami and Eunice continued to live there until the early 1990s when she again followed her daughter, this time to Forsyth, Georgia to be near her great grandson. She died at the age of 83 in Forsyth, Georgia. ^[8]

Eunice was a Mormon. Many of her siblings moved west to Utah and beyond. She was a good seamstress and at one point in her life worked in a factory sewing the tops of convertibles for a living. She loved her soap operas with General Hospital being one of her favorites. She didn't tolerate animals in the house but had a fondness for the stray cats that found their way to the farm in Dublin and had a nightly routine of walking down the long sidewalk to the barn to place the day's food scraps out for them to eat. Despite the distances between them, she was close to her brothers and corresponded with them on a regular basis. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Tunstall, Pittsylvania, Virginia;
2. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Horsepasture, Henry, Virginia;
3. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014
4. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia;
5. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia;
6. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014
7. ↑ Personal knowledge as her granddaughter
8. ↑ Personal knowledge as her granddaughter
9. ↑ Personal knowledge as her granddaughter

• Source Citation

Year: 1920; Census Place: Tunstall, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: T625_1904; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 907 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

• Source Citation

Year: 1930; Census Place: Horsepasture, Henry, Virginia; Roll: 2447; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 414.0; FHL microfilm: 2342181 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

• Source Information

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

• Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia; Roll: T627_4270; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 45-1 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

• Source Information

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Virginia, Births, 1864–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

• Personal knowledge as her granddaughter, Sandra Jean Shannon