TITLE:  Harry Joe Vann

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 10, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, JUne 2001

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Harry Joe Vann (Brig. Gen., retired), 65, of 145 Wedgewood Place, died 
on June 8, 2001, in a Spartanburg hospital. A native of Lenoir City, 
Tenn. He was the husband of Mary Ellen Beach Vann and son of the late 
Harry Earl and Helen Davis Vann. He was a graduate of Boiling Springs 
High School. He attended Spartanburg Jr. College and was a graduate of 
Wofford College. He was also a graduate of Palmetto Military Academy 
and the War College. He was a former Shriner and was Past President of 
the Spartanburg Shrine Club. He retired from the South Carolina Army 
National Guard. He received the Order of the Palmetto from Gov. Beasley
, the Legion of Merit, and 24 other military decorations, including the
 Order of St. Barbara. He was a life member of the VFW. Survivors 
include, wife, Mary Ellen Beach Vann of the home; sons, Harry Lee Vann 
and wife Lynn Boyd of Avondale Estates, Ga., Barry Timothy Vann and 
wife Priscillia Glen of Spartanburg; daughters, Carol V. and husband 
Robert C. Collins of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Susan V. and Husband Tim V. 
Haynes of Moncks Corner, S.C., Donna Christine Vann of Spartanburg; 
grandsons, Ryan Coggins of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Adam Vann of Spartanburg
; granddaughter, Mary Louise Vann of Spartanburg; sisters, Carol V. 
Roland Davis and husband, Dr. Mac Davis of Spartanburg. The family will
receive friends from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday at the Petty-Bobo 
Funeral Chapel, 1860 Cannons Campground Road. A memorial service will 
be held at 4 p.m., Monday, June 11, 2002, at the Bobo Funeral Chapel. 
Memorials may be made to S.C. National Guard Scholarship Fund, 924 
South Stadium Road, Columbia, S.C. 29201, or to Spartanburg Regional 
Hospice, 120 Heywood Ave., Spartanburg, S.C. 29302. Arrangements by 
PETTY-BOBO FUNERAL CHAPEL, 1860 Cannons Campground Road.  (The Post and
Courier June 10, 2001)
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