Mrs. Sarah Harris Sutton

Sarah Christine Harris Sutton, 93, of Marshall, Texas, formerly of Albany, Georgia, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Visitation was held at 1:00 pm on Friday, December 26, 2014 with funeral services at 2:00 pm at First Methodist Church in Marshall with Rev. Rodger Garbs officiating. A graveside service will be held Monday December 29, 2014 at 1:00 PM in Albany, GA at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Sutton was born on April 3,1921 to Dr. Ernest Carlton Harris and Sallie Elizabeth Pitchford Harris in Byron, Georgia. She graduated from A.L. Miller High School in Macon, Georgia in 1936 and attended Strayer Business College in Baltimore, Maryland. She married Robert Carlton Sutton on August 27, 1940 in Sylvester, Georgia. Mrs. Sutton lived in Albany, Georgia for 48 years, where she was member of the First United Methodist Church, the Fellowship Sunday School Class and was also president of the Elnora Hawk Sunday School Class. She was a UMW Circle Leader, member and Past President of The Kiwanis Auxiliary, Regent of the Thronateeska Chapter of the DAR, and a member of the League of Women Voters. She worked with her husband, who owned The Albany Serum Company from 1956 to 1977. In 1955, Mrs. Sutton was selected as the first woman to serve on a jury in Dougherty County, Georgia. In 1996, she moved to Marshall, Texas to be near her daughter. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she volunteered her time and served as President of the Mary Martha Sunday School Class. She also served as a volunteer at the Michelson Museum of Art, Grove Gardens Nursing Home as well as teaching English to the Hispanic citizens at St. Joseph Catholic Church. She loved the Lord, her church, playing bridge, gardening, reading and spending time with her family. Mrs. Sutton was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Robert Carlton Sutton on April 21, 1994, and also her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Carlton Harris, her sister, Mary Elizabeth Powell, and her brother, Ernest Carlton Harris, Jr. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Betty (Sutton) and Kenneth Petersen of Marshall, TX, three sons and daughters-in-law, Ernest Mack and Sharon Sutton of Melbourne, Fl., Robert Carlton and Christine Sutton of Baton Rouge, LA, and James Mark and Beth Sutton of Marietta, GA, twelve grandchildren, Anne Cacioppo Moore, Sarah Cacioppo Palmer and Luke Petersen of Marshall, TX, Brandi Petersen Gruner and Holli Petersen Park of Dallas, TX. ,Claire Sutton Allen of Atlanta, GA., Rob Sutton of Baton Rouge, LA, Ernest Mack Sutton, Jr. of Charlotte, N.C., Hewett Sutton of Albany, GA, Dorn Williamson and Candace Bartell of Melbourne, FL, Chris Williamson of Tampa, FL, and great grandchildren, Elizabeth Anne Palmer, Sam Alan Palmer, Sarah Jane Palmer, Nell Moore, Harris Moore, Clara Gruner, Ben Gruner, Damien Williamson, Carlton Williamson, Braxton Williamson, Camille Allen and Joiner Lee Sutton, many nieces and nephews, and very special friends, Ruth Adair and Beverly Oden, and especially Johnnie Jenkins, her loving caregiver. Her family also wishes to thank Marshall Home Care & Hospice and Oakwood House, for their love and care for the last few years. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Habitat for Humanity of Marshall. P.O. Box 1315,Marshall, TX 75671 or The First United Methodist Church, 300 East Houston Street, Marshall, Texas 75670.

Mrs. Sarah Harris Sutton

April 3, 1921 - December 24, 2014