4.  Lloyd John Harris

First Child of Mary and Carl Harris

Lloyd John Harris was born November 3, 1919 in Oklahoma.  Lloyd's death certificate states he was born in Lawton, Oklahoma.  However, many times Mary (Nannie) talked about walking with her baby (Lloyd) to the railway station to pick up coal that the train engineer dropped off.  She said that was in Creta, Oklahoma.  Creta is in Jackson county Oklahoma.   Her trips to pick up the coal would have been in November and December 1919 because on the 1920 census, the family was living in Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma.  On that census, Lloyd was 2 months old.  The census was recorded January 20, 1920.

In 1930, Lloyd lived with his parents and siblings in Oklahoma City.  In 1940, he was listed with his family on 8th Street in Oklahoma City, but then his name was crossed out.  I found Lloyd in 1940 in Oklahoma City with his wife, who was unnamed.  Both were age 20 and they lived on N. E. 14th Street in Oklahoma City. This 1940 census was recorded in April 1940.

Lloyd had married Louise George on May 6, 1939 in Oklahoma City.  Louise was from Custer county Oklahoma.  The wife who was unnamed on the 1940 census was noted to be from Custer county Oklahoma.  Lloyd and Louise had one daughter, Eva Marie Harris who was born May 2, 1940 in Oklahoma City, which would have been very shortly after the 1940 census was recorded.  Here's a cute picture of Eva when she was a baby.

Lloyd and Louise were not married too long and then divorced.  Lloyd was married a few other times, but Eva was the only child he had.

During World War II, Lloyd served with the US Navy Seebees in the Pacific. After that, for all of his adult life, Lloyd was a Police Officer for the Oklahoma City Police Dept.  I found that he served from 1951 until 1971.  He is listed in the book,  Oklahoma Justice:  The Oklahoma City Police, a Century of Gunfighters, Gangsters & Terrorists.  After he retired from the police force, he worked as a Security Guard at a hospital in Oklahoma City.

I recall that over the years, Lloyd lived with Mary and Carl on various occasions.  I particularly remember that around 1951, he lived with them on Lottie Street in Oklahoma City.  I know that because my Mother and I also lived there with them.  At the time, I remember that Lloyd always dressed well, wore lots of after-shave lotion and drove a fancy car.  His car was a 1951 Pontiac that he parked toward the back of the house so that no one could scratch it or even touch it.  He was very particular about that car.  Here's a car that looks just like his black Pontiac.  The cars he had after this one were also Pontiac's.

I don't have any photos of Lloyd as a child, but here's a really nice one of Lloyd and his daughter Eva.  I think it was taken about 1966 in Oklahoma City on the occasion of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Mary and Carl.

Here's another photo, also taken in 1966 at the Anniversary party.  Left to right:  his brother Tebe,  sister Freda, mother Mary,  sister Naomi, Lloyd, and his father Carl.

Lloyd was always a friendly Uncle.  He came to all the family events, but otherwise he seemed to stay to himself.  I'm sure he was busy and involved in his work as a Police Officer.  Lloyd lived in Tecumseh OK for about the last 20 years of his life.  He died in his home on August 30, 1999.  He is buried at Arlington Memory Gardens in Midwest City, Oklahoma.  His grave is next to his parents Mary and Carl Harris.