Jerry Lee Harris...Okolona
Gerald L. Harris, ex-National City city councilman
Services for former City Councilman Gerald L. Harris, 65, of National
City, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in El Camino Chapel in El Camino
Memorial Park. National City Mayor Kile Morgan will give the eulogy.
Heath Funeral Home is in charge. He died Tuesday in a convalescent
hospital.
Mr. Harris, a native of Okolona, Ark., was a county resident for 45
years. A real estate broker, he owned Jerry Harris Realty in National
City for many years. He was a charter member of the National City
Exchange Club, a past president of the South Bay Board
of Realtors and the National City Chamber of Commerce, a member of the
National City Traffic Safety Committee for 23 years and a Kiwanian.
While a National City councilman from 1966 to 1968, he led successful
campaigns to have a Navy firefighting school moved out of National City
and to develop the Mile of Cars.
Survivors include his wife, Elaine; two sons, Ronald, of San Diego, and
Paul, of Spring Valley; two daughters, Judi Rubesh of La Mesa and Karen
Cartmill of San Francisco; two brothers, Charles, of Odessa, Texas, and
William, of Colorado City, Texas; a sister, Sarah Witt of Mobile, Ala.;
and five grandchildren.
Would love any info on any of the family members listed in obit. Jerry Lee is my husbands grandfather and all the children have lost touch with one another since his death. Thanks for any help!!