HALLOWATER -- Virda
Ruth Harris, 89, of Shallowater,
formally of Daingerfield, passed
away peacefully on Thursday,
April 13. She was born on Dec.
15, 1927, in Sharpsburg, Iowa
to the late Claud and Bertha
(Barnhart) Platt.
Ruth married Guy I. Harris on
Aug. 30, 1946. As a preacher’s
wife, Ruth moved often and
always enjoyed setting up a new
home for her family. Music was
her main interest throughout
her life and she was a soloist, a
choir director, a VBS song leader,
and wrote and produced youth
programs for the children of the
churches.
Late in life, after raising her
family, she worked at a variety
of clerical jobs. In her retirement
years, she was a volunteer teaching
GED, ESL and computer at
the Adult Learning Center, doing
manicures at Windsor Place
Nursing Homes, and served as
a secretary and volunteer at the