Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJulia Elizabeth Harris
Birth10 Jul 1926
Death26 Feb 2011, Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial28 Feb 2011, Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
FatherThomas Edgar Harris (1884-1950)
MotherBertie Emmabelle Miller (1886-1972)
Spouses
Birth28 Oct 1925, Badin, Stanly County, NC
Death7 Apr 2009
Burial9 Apr 2009, Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
FatherClarence V. Cotton (1889-1962)
MotherLela Josephine Cox (1895-1980)
ChildrenWilliam Harold
 John T.
Notes for Julia Elizabeth Harris
Julia Cotton

Sunday, February 27, 2011 — Julia Elizabeth Cotton, 84, of Albemarle, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center.

The family will receive friends  11 a.m.-12 p.m. on Monday, February 28, 2011 in the Fellowship Hall of Central United Methodist Church, Albemarle, followed by the funeral service in the sanctuary at 12 p.m.  Rev. Mark Weekly will officiate.   Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial Park.  

She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Edgar Harris and Bertie Miller Harris; her husband, William Harold Cotton, Sr. in 2009; her brothers, Paul Harris, Milton Harris, George Harris and John Ray Harris; and her sister, Connie Harris Yow.

She is survived by her two sons, William H. Cotton, Jr. and wife, Melissa, of Raleigh, and John T. Cotton and his wife, Katherine, of Birmingham, Ala.; three grandsons, John Ryan Cotton and his wife, Amy, of Tampa, Fla., Benjamin Austin Cotton of Marietta, Ga. and Lee Hawthorne  Cotton of Birmingham, Ala.

Mrs. Cotton worked as a medical assistant until her retirement.  She  performed as a community volunteer by  serving Central United Methodist Church, American Cancer Society, Meals on Wheels, Christian Ministries, and others.  

Special thanks to Judy Yow Lowder and Sue Harris Turner for their dedication and care for Mrs. Cotton.

Memorial may be made to Central United Methodist Church, 172 N. Second Street, Albemarle, NC 28001, or the American Cancer Society, 1901 Brunswick Avenue Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28207.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Cotton family.

Stanly News & Press, 28 Feb 2011
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