Marjorie Nell Marge Harrison

died Wednesday, December 10, 2014. She was the seventh and youngest child of the late

Clarence Stephens Harrison and Susan Jane Colclough of Crawfordville, Georgia. Her brothers

and all but one sister-in-law preceded her in death: Tom and Neola Harrison (Florence,

Alabama), Lewis and Selma Harrison (Nashville, Tennessee), Jesse “Heck” Harrison

(Crawfordville, Georgia), Stephens Harrison (Crawfordville, Georgia), Robert Harrison (Atlanta,

Georgia) and Howard and Louise Harrison (Hartsville, South Carolina). Her nephew William

Harrison and niece, Lucibeth Harrison Nesbit, are also deceased. Survivors include her brother

Bob’s wife, Elena Wells Harrison (Atlanta, Georgia) and the following nieces and nephews:

Carolyn Harrison Bradley, Lewis Harrison, Jr., Howard Harrison, Jr., Stephen Harrison, Cecilia

Harrison Warrenfeltz, Beth Harrison, Cathlean Harrison Coleman, Robanne Harrison and

Connie Harrison Phillips. Marge also leaves behind numerous great-nephews and nieces,

whom she adored.

Marge was born on July 15, 1927 in Taliaferro County, Georgia. Though she lived and

worked most of her life in Atlanta, she always claimed Crawfordville as home and made the

drive back as often as possible. At the encouragement of Elena’s father, Fulton County School

superintendent, Jere A. Wells, Marge came to Atlanta around 1945 to attend business school.

She lived with Dr. Wells and his wife, Ouida Cox Wells at their residence on Yale Place in

Atlanta and, later, with her brother Bob’s family, also at Yale Place, until she moved to Sunrise in

2011.

After attending Draughn's Business School, Marge took a job with the Fulton County

Board of Education, working in the payroll department. Soon thereafter, she began her career at

Davison’s department store (later R.H. Macy and Company) in downtown Atlanta and worked in

the payroll department until her retirement in 1992. She always enjoyed sitting in a rocking chair

outside, enjoying the stillness of nature, whether it was on the front porch of the Crawfordville

family home overlooking the pecan grove, the back patio of Yale Place near the bird feeders or

the wrap-around porch at Sunrise, watching people come and go. She was also enthusiastic

about the proposition of any road trip and travelled frequently with her family all over the United

States, including Hawaii. She made two trips to Europe and loved visiting her brothers’ families

all around the southeast. Marge Harrison will be greatly missed.

Services will be held on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 1 o'clock at the Crawfordville

Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that all donations in Marge’s memory be

made to the Crawfordville Baptist Church, Crawfordville,