TITLE:  Harris Byas

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette,  June 7, 2001

SUBMITTED: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, Jne 2001

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Harris Byas 

Harris Byas, 69, of St. Helena Island died Tuesday, June 6, 2001. W. 
Leon Mortuary is in charge. (The Beaufort Gazette, June 7, 2001)

Harris Byas 

Harris Byas, 69, of St. Helena Island, died Wednesday, March 6, 2001, 
at his residence. A wake service will be today from 7 to 8 p.m. at 
Ebenezer Baptist Church on St. Helena Island. The funeral is noon 
Monday at the church with burial in the Tom Fripp Cemetery. Mr. Byas 
was born March 9, 1932 in the John Fripp Hill community on St. Helena 
Island, a son of Carolina and Harold Byas and was married to Rosa Lee 
Byas. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and worked for 21 
years as a carpenter's helper at MCAS Beaufort. Survivors include, 
seven daughters, Catherine Daise, Martha Singleton, Helen Byas, 
Janette Santiago and Annette Byas, all of St. Helena Island, Lillie 
Mae Francis of Big Estate and Edna Brazzell of Coatsville, Penn.; three
sons, Harris Byas Jr. and Nathaniel Byas, both of St. Helena Island, 
end James Cooler of Freeport, Tex.; a sister, Rosa Chaplin of Jamaica, 
N.Y.; two brothers, James Byas Flushing of New York and Richard Simmons
Sr. of St. Helena Island; 29 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. 
W. Leon Sherman Mortuary is in charge. (The Beaufort Gazette, June 
10, 2001)

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