William Benjamin Harmon

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William Benjamin Harmon, 82, died Friday at the home, Banner Elk, Route 2.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Zion Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Bynum Trivett and Rev. Lawrence Hagaman conducted the rites. Burial was in the church cemetery.
One son, Jonah Harmon of Beech Creek, Survives.
There are two sisters and one brother: Mrs. Ella Hagaman, Beech Creek; Mrs. Ida Farthing, Reese; one brother, Councill Harmon, Reese, and two grandchildren.

William married Martha Ellen Flannery about 1895 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, . Martha was born on 29 Feb 1876 in , , North Carolina, ; died on 16 Aug 1959 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah Malinda Presnell. Hannah (daughter of Nathaniel A. Presnell and Sarah Melinda Presnell) was born on 31 Dec 1905 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, ; died on 4 Feb 2000 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ella Mae Ward, 90, of Newland, NC passed away September 24, 2022 at her residence.

She is the daughter of the late Jonah Harmon and Hannah Presnell. Ms. Ward worked for a garment manufacturing company for 30 years before retiring.

She is preceded in death by her first husband, James Lester and second husband, Blaine Wilson Ward as well as her parents, Jonah Harmon and Hannah Presnell. Ms. Ward loved to work in her garden and go to the lake.