J. Harriss Covington ’43
Harriss died Apr. 29, 1995, at his home in High Point, N.C. He was 74.
He prepared for Princeton at Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Va. After he graduated, he served in the Navy from 1943-46 . He attained the rank of senior lieutenant as a gunnery officer aboard a destroyer escort.
At the time of his death, Harriss was former president and chairman of the board of Harriss and Covington Hosiery Mills, Inc. He had other business interests as well, iand was past director and chairman of the Natl. Assn. of Hosiery Manufacturers.
On July 15, 1944, Harriss married Helen Elizabeth Millis, who survives him. The couple had three children, Mrs. Pamela Covington DeRamus; two sons, Edward Harriss and David Millis; and ten grandchildren. To all the survivors, we extend our sincere expressions of condolence.
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