HARRINGTON, John Arthur - 58, 11 Orange Lane, Oak Ridge, passes away 9:50 p.m. Sunday. Member of Park City Presbyterian Church, Knoxville. Bright Hope Lodge No 557, F&AM. Service 2 p.m. Sunday Gentry's chapel, Rev. Robert H. Wood and Rev. Ben L. Kistler officiating. Interment Lynnhurst Cemetery. Active pallbearers: Russell L. Moneymaker, Lynn H. Brock, Curtis D. Byrd, Oscar O. Beeler, Frank A. Rowland. Honorary pallbearers: all ordained elders of Park City Presbyterian Church and fireman of Oak Ridge Fire Department, active and retired. Gentry's in charge.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Sunday, December 1st, 1963, MDP, Section "C", Page 6.]
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Veteran Fireman Dies on the Job
OAK RIDGE. Nov. 25 (Special) - Fire Capt. John A. Harrington fell to the ground as he started to enter a house to which firemen had been called last night. He was dead when taken to Oak Ridge Hospital at 9:50 p.m., apparently of a heart attack.
Capt. Harrington, 58, was a veteran of the Oak Ridge Fire Department. He had been with it since 1943 and was captain of Company No. 4. His home is at III Orange Lane.
The alarm which he had answered was at 116 Taylor Rd., where a mattress blazed, attributed to a heat pad on foam rubber.
Capt. Harrington was a native of Fountain City, the son of the late grocer and Mrs. T. R. Harrington Sr., and a brother of T. R. Harrington Jr., the Knoxville insurance executive. John played football at Central High School. The body was taken to Gentry's Fountain City.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs. Zena Haynes Harrington; daughters, Mrs. Reuben Sulc, Patrocineo, Brazil, and Mrs. George Harris, Sao Lez, Brazil, wives of missionaries, and Mrs. Bruce Shelley, wife of a University of Denver instructor; sisters, Mrs. Mino Johnson, Fountain City, and Mrs. Grace Abel, Dayton, Tenn.; and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Harrington was a member of Park City Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, and of Bright Hope Masonic Lodge 557.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday, November 25th, 1963, Section "C", Page 2.]
Contributor: Mark Persons (47050163)
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HAYNES-HARRINGTON
The marriage of Miss Zena Haynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton T. Haynes, of Fountain City, and John A. Harrington was solemnized Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. at the parsonage of the Bell Avenue Baptist Church. The Rev. J. Harvey Deere officiated.
The bride wore a traveling costume of dark blue combined with gray. Her bouquet was of white roses and lily of-the-valley.
Miss Hazel Hansard, maid of honor, wore dark blue georgette and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.
Howard McCampbell was best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrington left immediately for a southern wedding trip. Upon their return they will make their home at 207 Garden av, Fountain City.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Harrington of Fountain City.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Thursday, March 22nd, 1928, MDP, Page 14.]
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Veteran Fireman Dies on the Job
OAK RIDGE. Nov. 25 (Special) - Fire Capt. John A. Harrington fell to the ground as he started to enter a house to which firemen had been called last night. He was dead when taken to Oak Ridge Hospital at 9:50 p.m., apparently of a heart attack.
Capt. Harrington, 58, was a veteran of the Oak Ridge Fire Department. He had been with it since 1943 and was captain of Company No. 4. His home is at III Orange Lane.
The alarm which he had answered was at 116 Taylor Rd., where a mattress blazed, attributed to a heat pad on foam rubber.
Capt. Harrington was a native of Fountain City, the son of the late grocer and Mrs. T. R. Harrington Sr., and a brother of T. R. Harrington Jr., the Knoxville insurance executive. John played football at Central High School. The body was taken to Gentry's Fountain City.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs. Zena Haynes Harrington; daughters, Mrs. Reuben Sulc, Patrocineo, Brazil, and Mrs. George Harris, Sao Lez, Brazil, wives of missionaries, and Mrs. Bruce Shelley, wife of a University of Denver instructor; sisters, Mrs. Mino Johnson, Fountain City, and Mrs. Grace Abel, Dayton, Tenn.; and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Harrington was a member of Park City Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, and of Bright Hope Masonic Lodge 557.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday, November 25th, 1963, Section "C", Page 2.]
Contributor: Mark Persons (47050163)
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HAYNES-HARRINGTON
The marriage of Miss Zena Haynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton T. Haynes, of Fountain City, and John A. Harrington was solemnized Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. at the parsonage of the Bell Avenue Baptist Church. The Rev. J. Harvey Deere officiated.
The bride wore a traveling costume of dark blue combined with gray. Her bouquet was of white roses and lily of-the-valley.
Miss Hazel Hansard, maid of honor, wore dark blue georgette and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.
Howard McCampbell was best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrington left immediately for a southern wedding trip. Upon their return they will make their home at 207 Garden av, Fountain City.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Harrington of Fountain City.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Thursday, March 22nd, 1928, MDP, Page 14.]
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HARRINGTON, John Arthur - 58, 11 Orange Lane, Oak Ridge, passes away 9:50 p.m. Sunday. Member of Park City Presbyterian Church, Knoxville. Bright Hope Lodge No 557, F&AM. Service 2 p.m. Sunday Gentry's chapel, Rev. Robert H. Wood and Rev. Ben L. Kistler officiating. Interment Lynnhurst Cemetery. Active pallbearers: Russell L. Moneymaker, Lynn H. Brock, Curtis D. Byrd, Oscar O. Beeler, Frank A. Rowland. Honorary pallbearers: all ordained elders of Park City Presbyterian Church and fireman of Oak Ridge Fire Department, active and retired. Gentry's in charge.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Sunday, December 1st, 1963, MDP, Section "C", Page 6.]
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Veteran Fireman Dies on the Job
OAK RIDGE. Nov. 25 (Special) - Fire Capt. John A. Harrington fell to the ground as he started to enter a house to which firemen had been called last night. He was dead when taken to Oak Ridge Hospital at 9:50 p.m., apparently of a heart attack.
Capt. Harrington, 58, was a veteran of the Oak Ridge Fire Department. He had been with it since 1943 and was captain of Company No. 4. His home is at III Orange Lane.
The alarm which he had answered was at 116 Taylor Rd., where a mattress blazed, attributed to a heat pad on foam rubber.
Capt. Harrington was a native of Fountain City, the son of the late grocer and Mrs. T. R. Harrington Sr., and a brother of T. R. Harrington Jr., the Knoxville insurance executive. John played football at Central High School. The body was taken to Gentry's Fountain City.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs. Zena Haynes Harrington; daughters, Mrs. Reuben Sulc, Patrocineo, Brazil, and Mrs. George Harris, Sao Lez, Brazil, wives of missionaries, and Mrs. Bruce Shelley, wife of a University of Denver instructor; sisters, Mrs. Mino Johnson, Fountain City, and Mrs. Grace Abel, Dayton, Tenn.; and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Harrington was a member of Park City Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, and of Bright Hope Masonic Lodge 557.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday, November 25th, 1963, Section "C", Page 2.]
Contributor: Mark Persons (47050163)
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HAYNES-HARRINGTON
The marriage of Miss Zena Haynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton T. Haynes, of Fountain City, and John A. Harrington was solemnized Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. at the parsonage of the Bell Avenue Baptist Church. The Rev. J. Harvey Deere officiated.
The bride wore a traveling costume of dark blue combined with gray. Her bouquet was of white roses and lily of-the-valley.
Miss Hazel Hansard, maid of honor, wore dark blue georgette and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.
Howard McCampbell was best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrington left immediately for a southern wedding trip. Upon their return they will make their home at 207 Garden av, Fountain City.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Harrington of Fountain City.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Thursday, March 22nd, 1928, MDP, Page 14.]
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Veteran Fireman Dies on the Job
OAK RIDGE. Nov. 25 (Special) - Fire Capt. John A. Harrington fell to the ground as he started to enter a house to which firemen had been called last night. He was dead when taken to Oak Ridge Hospital at 9:50 p.m., apparently of a heart attack.
Capt. Harrington, 58, was a veteran of the Oak Ridge Fire Department. He had been with it since 1943 and was captain of Company No. 4. His home is at III Orange Lane.
The alarm which he had answered was at 116 Taylor Rd., where a mattress blazed, attributed to a heat pad on foam rubber.
Capt. Harrington was a native of Fountain City, the son of the late grocer and Mrs. T. R. Harrington Sr., and a brother of T. R. Harrington Jr., the Knoxville insurance executive. John played football at Central High School. The body was taken to Gentry's Fountain City.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs. Zena Haynes Harrington; daughters, Mrs. Reuben Sulc, Patrocineo, Brazil, and Mrs. George Harris, Sao Lez, Brazil, wives of missionaries, and Mrs. Bruce Shelley, wife of a University of Denver instructor; sisters, Mrs. Mino Johnson, Fountain City, and Mrs. Grace Abel, Dayton, Tenn.; and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Harrington was a member of Park City Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, and of Bright Hope Masonic Lodge 557.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday, November 25th, 1963, Section "C", Page 2.]
Contributor: Mark Persons (47050163)
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HAYNES-HARRINGTON
The marriage of Miss Zena Haynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton T. Haynes, of Fountain City, and John A. Harrington was solemnized Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. at the parsonage of the Bell Avenue Baptist Church. The Rev. J. Harvey Deere officiated.
The bride wore a traveling costume of dark blue combined with gray. Her bouquet was of white roses and lily of-the-valley.
Miss Hazel Hansard, maid of honor, wore dark blue georgette and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.
Howard McCampbell was best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrington left immediately for a southern wedding trip. Upon their return they will make their home at 207 Garden av, Fountain City.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Harrington of Fountain City.-MDP-[Published in "The Knoxville News-Sentinel," Knoxville, Tennessee, Thursday, March 22nd, 1928, MDP, Page 14.]
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