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- June Montgomery Harless, died Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at her home following a long illness.
Born July 16, 1920, at Holden, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Emma Hall Montgomery.
Mrs. Harless was a member of the Gilbert Presbyterian Church and was the past moderator of the Women of the Church. She was a graduate of Gilbert High School and member of the Class of 1938.
Mrs. Harless managed the fiscal side of the early Gilbert Lumber Co. and as the companies grew, she resumed her primary role as homemaker.
She was an avid bird watcher and involved herself in identifying Appalachian wildflowers.
During the last three years she was one of the primary forces behind the creation of the Larry Joe Harless Community Center, named after her son ‹ a place in Gilbert where children can play in a structured motivating environment and adults can come together in community activities.
She was preceded in death by her son, Larry Joe Harless; three brothers, Earl, Jack and Carl; and a sister, Opal.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, James H. "Buck" Harless, businessman and philanthropist and owner of International Industries, Inc.; a daughter, Judith Ann Burgess of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Beverly Burgess of Bell Buckle, Tenn., Stephanie Burgess of Mobile, Ala., James H. Harless II and his wife, Sjon, of Mobile, and Maurice "M.K." Harless and his wife, Sharon, of Mobile; four great-grandchildren, James H. "Tripp" Harless III, Hope Archer Harless, Chelsea Harless and Kitty Harless, all of Mobile.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Gilbert Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Don Chichester of Roanoke, Va., assisted by the Rev. Tom Schuler of Williamson, officiating. Burial will follow in the Harless Family Cemetery on Betty Island, Gilbert.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Gilbert Presbyterian Church.
Pallbearers will be Bruce Burgess, Freddy Harless, Eddie Grimmett, Curtis Lester, Jimmy Harless and Roger Blankenship and Gov. Cecil H. Underwood, C. Fred Shewey, Kenny Hatfield, Dr. Harry Fortner, Randy Cline and Gary White.
In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to the Larry Joe Harless Community Center Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 1210, Gilbert, WV 25621.
Arrangements by Mounts Funeral Home, Gilbert.
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