Lavada Harris Obituary

HARRIS, Lavada Lavada G. Harris, 74, passed peacefully into the next stage of her life on June 1, 2007. Mrs. Harris was a resident of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, having moved there on June 1, 2005 after spending 41 years as a resident of Knoxville, Tennessee. She was born on August 10, 1932 in Kentucky. She retired as an R.N. in 1956 to be a full time wife and mother. In addition to those roles, she was an artist, a poet, linguist, gardener, hiker, world traveler, bird watcher, dancer, chef, punster and baker extraordinaire. Mrs. Harris was proceeded in death by her husband of 51 years, Robert W. Harris, M.D., who was a partner in the Knoxville Anesthesia Group. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Page Harris and Bob Pavlechko, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert W. Harris and Mary Jo Lane, of Charlottesville, Virginia; and by her son, Stuart G. Harris of Knoxville, Tennessee. She is also survived by a sister, Sandra G. Graper of Danville, Indiana. A celebration of Mrs. Harris' life will be held later this year. She requested that memorials be made to Mepkin Abbey Botanical Garden, 1098 Mepkin Abbey Road, Moncks Corner, SC 29461. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.