Edward K. "Ned" Harrison

Edward K. “Ned” Harrison of Easton died on Friday, September 25, 2009. He was 83. Born in Claiborne, MD on June 30, 1926, he was the son of the late, Fred S. and Eleanor Eliza Lomax Harrison. Mr. Harrison graduated from Easton High School in 1943. He then enlisted in the Army and re-enlisted in 1945. He served in the European Theatre of Operation in Germany, trained as a gunner on the B17 Flying Fortress, and was assigned to the 367 Bomber Squadron, 306 Bomber Group. He received an honorable discharge in 1946, at the rank of PFC. He then attended Salisbury State College. Mr. Harrison worked for Harrison and Jarboe at the Chapel and Easton Plants. He was also self-employed in the poultry industry. He retired from Coca Cola in Easton in 1991. He was a resident of Cordova from 1948-2003. Mr. Harrison was active in the Cordova and Easton High School P.T.A., Home Run Baker Baseball League, Easton Senior Baseball League, Easton Little League Football, Easton SOS Club and the Cordova Cub Scout Den. He was an avid gardener, traveler and loyal Redskin football fan. Mr. Harrison is survived by his wife, Henrietta “Chic” LeGates Harrison, whom he married in 1948; one son, John Edward Harrison, Ret. US Navy and his wife, Mary of Virginia Beach, VA; two daughters, Deborah H. Urry and Donna Lee Harrison, both of Easton; six grandchildren, Susan Harrison McGlothan and her husband, Mason of Selbyville, DE, Edward Keith Harrison II, and Peter Harrison of Virginia Beach, VA, Elizabeth Frankenfield and her husband, Jon of Mason, OH, Michael Ann Mullikin of Arlington, VA and Sara Michelle Urry of Easton; two great grandchildren, Corgan and Madeline McGlothan of Selbyville, DE; one brother, Norris L. Harrison and his wife, Sarah and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Freda Harrison Shannahan and his brother, Levi Clark Harrison. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 2:00 P.M. at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton. Friends may call on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the funeral home from 6:00- 8:00 P.M. Burial will be held at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Easton. Mr. Harrison’s six grandchildren will be serving as pallbearers; as well as, eight special friends serving as honorary pallbearers, Beam Ennis of Salisbury, MD, Mace Thomas of Cambridge, MD, Tom Rohe of Florida, Roger Lewis and Melvin Thume of Easton, MD, Sam Pardoe, Elwood Swartz, and Doug Cheezum all of Cordova, MD, Memorial donations may be made to the Talbot Special Riders Recognition Program with checks made payable to: TEAC, 38577 Mary’s Ct., Suite 1, Easton, MD 21601, or to The Chesapeake Center, P.O. Box 1906, Easton, MD 21601.

Edward K. "Ned" Harrison

June 30, 1926 - September 25, 2009