He was the Son of Henry Richard "Hal" Harris Jr. and Louisa "Lulu" Neal Harper -- Brother to Benton Neal Harris Sr., Gerald Raymond Harris, Carl Chappell Harris, Henry Richard Harris III, Lucius Q.C. Lamar Harris
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News item from The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931:
ROBERT H. HARRIS DIES IN MINNESOTA.
Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 12 - Robert H. Harris, 58, wealthy Bloomington resident, died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., today following an operation on his throat.
Two years ago he leased his two moving pictures theatres here, the Harris Grand and Princess, to the Publix Paramount Corporation. He owned a palatial residence in Miami, Fla., where he and Mrs. Harris spent the winters. Last fall he launched a beautiful 55 foot yacht, the Jewel of Miami, on which he and his friends cruised Biscayne bay at Miami. He also maintained a summer home at Lake Manitou, near Rochester, Ind.
Survivors are the widow, formerly Miss Jewel Leffler of Bloomington, two brothers and a sister. Mr. Harris, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a nephew of the late Joel Chandler Harris, famous journalist and author.
The body will arrive here tomorrow and funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church.
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News item from The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931:
ROBERT H. HARRIS DIES IN MINNESOTA.
Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 12 - Robert H. Harris, 58, wealthy Bloomington resident, died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., today following an operation on his throat.
Two years ago he leased his two moving pictures theatres here, the Harris Grand and Princess, to the Publix Paramount Corporation. He owned a palatial residence in Miami, Fla., where he and Mrs. Harris spent the winters. Last fall he launched a beautiful 55 foot yacht, the Jewel of Miami, on which he and his friends cruised Biscayne bay at Miami. He also maintained a summer home at Lake Manitou, near Rochester, Ind.
Survivors are the widow, formerly Miss Jewel Leffler of Bloomington, two brothers and a sister. Mr. Harris, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a nephew of the late Joel Chandler Harris, famous journalist and author.
The body will arrive here tomorrow and funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church.
He was the Son of Henry Richard "Hal" Harris Jr. and Louisa "Lulu" Neal Harper -- Brother to Benton Neal Harris Sr., Gerald Raymond Harris, Carl Chappell Harris, Henry Richard Harris III, Lucius Q.C. Lamar Harris
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News item from The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931:
ROBERT H. HARRIS DIES IN MINNESOTA.
Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 12 - Robert H. Harris, 58, wealthy Bloomington resident, died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., today following an operation on his throat.
Two years ago he leased his two moving pictures theatres here, the Harris Grand and Princess, to the Publix Paramount Corporation. He owned a palatial residence in Miami, Fla., where he and Mrs. Harris spent the winters. Last fall he launched a beautiful 55 foot yacht, the Jewel of Miami, on which he and his friends cruised Biscayne bay at Miami. He also maintained a summer home at Lake Manitou, near Rochester, Ind.
Survivors are the widow, formerly Miss Jewel Leffler of Bloomington, two brothers and a sister. Mr. Harris, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a nephew of the late Joel Chandler Harris, famous journalist and author.
The body will arrive here tomorrow and funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church.
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News item from The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931:
ROBERT H. HARRIS DIES IN MINNESOTA.
Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 12 - Robert H. Harris, 58, wealthy Bloomington resident, died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., today following an operation on his throat.
Two years ago he leased his two moving pictures theatres here, the Harris Grand and Princess, to the Publix Paramount Corporation. He owned a palatial residence in Miami, Fla., where he and Mrs. Harris spent the winters. Last fall he launched a beautiful 55 foot yacht, the Jewel of Miami, on which he and his friends cruised Biscayne bay at Miami. He also maintained a summer home at Lake Manitou, near Rochester, Ind.
Survivors are the widow, formerly Miss Jewel Leffler of Bloomington, two brothers and a sister. Mr. Harris, a native of Atlanta, Ga., was a nephew of the late Joel Chandler Harris, famous journalist and author.
The body will arrive here tomorrow and funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church.
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