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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Eric Wyckoff Harris, Sr.<br>
| name = Eric Wyckoff Harris, Sr.<br>
(Businessman who founded the first Jaycee chapter in Louisiana)
(Businessman who founded the first Jaycee chapter in Louisiana)
| death_date =October 24, 2007 (aged 91)
| death_date =October 24, 2007 (aged 91)
| death_place = [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
| death_place = [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
|spouse=Nelwyn Rhodes Harris (married 1941-2007, his death)<br>
| spouse=Nelwyn Rhodes Harris (married 1941-2007, his death)<br>
Children:<br>
Children:<br>
Eric W. Harris, Jr.<br/>
Eric W. Harris, Jr.<br/>
Harris was survived by his wife of sixty-six years, the former Nelwyn Rhodes of Alexandria; two daughters, Sandra Harris Kearney, and her husband, James Michael Kearney of Alexandria, and Conni Harris Smith of [[Lafayette]], the widow of Hadley M. Smith (1940–1996); one son, Eric W. Harris, Jr. (born c. 1942) of Moncks Corner, [[South Carolina]], and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> He was preceded in death by another brother, Homer Harris, Jr. (1910–1999). He died in Alexandria at the age of ninety-one. His services were held First [[United Methodist]] Church in Alexandria, where he served on the building committee. Interment was at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>
Harris was survived by his wife of sixty-six years, the former Nelwyn Rhodes of Alexandria; two daughters, Sandra Harris Kearney, and her husband, James Michael Kearney of Alexandria, and Conni Harris Smith of [[Lafayette]], the widow of Hadley M. Smith (1940–1996); one son, Eric W. Harris, Jr. (born c. 1942) of Moncks Corner, [[South Carolina]], and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> He was preceded in death by another brother, Homer Harris, Jr. (1910–1999). He died in Alexandria at the age of ninety-one. His services were held First [[United Methodist]] Church in Alexandria, where he served on the building committee. Interment was at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>
Harris' brother, James C. Harris, was also an LSU graduate and a [[United States Navy]] veteran of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African, and Pacific theaters of World War II, with service in the [[Philippines]]. James Harris, who retired from Hill-Harris at the age of ninety-two, was also active in the Alexandria community, having been former presidents of both the Kiwanis International and the Kent Plantation House, a restored 19th century structure near Bayou Rapides.<ref>Obituary of James C. Harris, ''Alexandria Town Talk'', February 27, 2009.</ref>
Harris' brother, James C. Harris, was also an LSU graduate and a [[United States Navy]] veteran of the Mediterranean, Middle East, African, and Pacific theaters of World War II, with service in the [[Philippines]]. James Harris, who retired from Hill-Harris at the age of ninety-two, was also active in the Alexandria community, having been former presidents of both the Kiwanis International and the Kent Plantation House, a restored 19th century structure near Bayou Rapides.<ref>Obituary of James C. Harris, ''Alexandria Town Talk'', February 27, 2009.</ref>
==References==
==References==