Darrell Wayne Harris

Mr. Darrell Wayne Harris Mr. Darrell Wayne Harris, 66, of Bartlesville, died at 5:23 P.M. on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. Memorial services for Mr. Harris will be held at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Overholt officiating. Full military rites will be accorded by the Ceremonial Detail of the James H. Teel American Legion Post #105 and cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Harris was born in Bartlesville on May 10, 1949 the son of Nathan Frank Harris and Maude (Darnell) Harris. He was raised and received his education in the Ramona area, attending schools at Ramona and then at Collinsville where he graduated in 1967. He attended NEO at Miami until entering the United States Navy in 1969. He served as a member of the Navy Seebees in Viet Nam building airstrips and water systems until receiving his Honorable Discharge. He was married to Marlene Hutchison on October 14, 1972 at the Grace-Epworth Church in Bartlesville. He was active in plumbing and construction work until suffering a heart attack in 1975 which required a change in careers. He attended Bartlesville Wesleyan College where he obtained his teaching degree and then began teaching in the Copan Schools in 1980. He initially taught elementary school and later moved to the middle school where he taught English, History, Geography and Math and early in his teaching career assisted in coaching high school football. He also later coached the academic team to many successful wins. He was a devoted teacher who was proud to follow in the footsteps of his mother and his aunt, Ruby Fiddler . He retired after 30 years as a teacher, all in the Copan Public Schools. He was a member of the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105, was an avid golfer and member of the Adams Golf Course Men’s Club. He also worked as a course marshall at Adams Golf Course and assisted as a groundskeeper on the 12th hole and maintaining the creek beds. Mr. Harris is survived by his wife, Marlene Harris, three children, Michael Bradley Harris of Tulsa, Jeffrey Frank Harris of Bartlesville and Elizabeth Ann (Libbie) Harris of Tulsa, one brother, Donald Harris and wife Marsha of Spring, Texas and one granddaughter, Peyton Rain Fischer. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Mack Harris and an infant brother,, Charles Harris.

Darrell Wayne Harris

May 10, 1949 - September 24, 2015