Petty Officer First Class Seal Joshua Thomas Harris

Petty Officer First Class SEAL Joshua Thomas Harris, 36 formerly of East US Hwy 64, Lexington, died Saturday August 30, 2008 in a combat operation in Afghanistan. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 Noon, Saturday September 6 at First Baptist Church with the Dr. Tom King officiating. Inurnment will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA at a later date. Petty Officer Harris was born in Chapel Hill on April 19, 1972 to Dr. Sam R. Harris and Evelyn Long Harris. He graduated from Lexington Senior High School in 1990 and from Davidson College in 1994 with a degree in studio art and pursued a master’s degree in architecture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He enlisted in the Navy in August 2000. He had extensive training to become a Navy SEAL, and he was awarded the bronze star after one of his many missions. Surviving are his parents of the home; his twin sister Kiki Harris, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, brother S. Ranchor Harris, III and his wife, Serine of Winston Salem, two nephews, Dylan and Chase; and aunts & uncles, Thomas Veach and Sveta Long of Wrightsville Beach, NC, Penny and Randy Overby of Thomasville and Tom and Marci Harris of Paradise Valley, AZ. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 9:00 PM Friday at Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel and at other times at the home. Memorials may be directed to Joshua Thomas Harris Memorial Fund, to be administered by Grace Episcopal Church, 419 S. Main St., Lexington, NC 27292