VINITA, Dec. 29—Services for Lawrence Weaver Harmon, 72,
retired Vinita postal employe who died Monday afternoon in
his home here, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Luginbuel
Brothers funeral home chapel.
Harmon had been ill only a short time. Death was attributed
to a heart ailment.
Born March 2, 1882, in Anderson, Mo., Harmon had lived in
Vinita since 1906. He was employed at the local postoffice
on Oct. 15, 1909, and retired April 1, 1946. He served as
assistant postmaster from July, 1919, to August, 1943, and
was acting postmaster from August, 1943, to March , 1946,
while Postmaster Frank Bailey was in military service.
He was a member of the Church of God church here, a 32nd
degree Mason, and an overseas veteran of World war I.
Survivors include: his wife, Mabel; two daughters, Mrs.
Ralph McKay, Claremore, and Mrs. Orval Buck, Topeka, Kan.;
and one sister, Mrs. John Noal, Jasper, Mo.
From The Oklahoma, 12/30/1954
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
