Clyde "Chubby" Holland Harris

Reidsville – Clyde “Chubby” Holland Harris, 89, passed away Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Hospice Home of Rockingham County.Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Martin officiating. Interment will be held at 2:00 PM following the service in Highland Burial Park in Danville, VA. Mr. Harris was born August 20, 1920 to the late Walter Jackson and Sarah Waller Harris. He was a member of Third Avenue Congregational Christian Church in Danville, VA where he was a member of the Young at Heart Club and the Chapel Bible Class. Clyde served in the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of WWII in the Pacific Theatre. Mr. Harris was a retiree, after 42 years of service, as superintendent of Shops with Dan River, Inc., Riverside Division. He was an honorary member of the Danville Fire Department, where he restored the Old Horse Drawn, “Little Mary” fire engine. Along with being a member of the Midway VFW, he was also an active volunteer with the New Lebanon Church Awana Youth Grand Prix. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Mary McClanahan Harris and seven siblings.Survivors include his son, Dr. Mark A. Harris and wife, Teresa of Reidsville, his nieces and nephews.There will not be a formal visitation but the family will receive friends other times at the residence of his son, 2732 Reid School Road, Reidsville, NC.The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to Third Ave. Congregational Christian Church, Building Fund, 215 3rd. Ave., Danville, VA, 24540 or to New Lebanon Congregational Christian Church, Family Life Center Building Fund, 521 Huffines Mill Road, Reidsville, NC 27320.