[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E658]
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                       IN MEMORY OF HARRY HARMAN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 1, 2014

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the Midlands of South 
Carolina recognized a life of service to fellow citizens by Lexington 
County Coroner Harry O. Harman who was one of South Carolina's first 
Republican county public officials of the Twentieth Century.
  The following obituary was published April 24, 2014, in the Lexington 
County Chronicle & The Dispatch News:

                          Harry O. Harman, Jr.

       Funeral services for Harry O. Harman, Jr., 79, will be held 
     at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at St. Stephen's 
     Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. Patrick W. Riddle 
     and Rev. Dr. Dennis R. Bolton officiating. A reception will 
     be held in the social hall immediately after the service. 
     Private burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family 
     will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on 
     Monday, April 21, at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington 
     Chapel. Honorary pallbearers are the staffs of Caughman-
     Harman Funeral Home, Lexington County Coroner's Office led by 
     Chief Deputy Coroner Randy A. Martin, and Lexington Medical 
     Center Pathology; the SC Funeral Directors' and SC Coroners' 
     Associations; and Congressman Joe Wilson, Sheriff James R. 
     Metts, Solicitor Donald V. Myers, Judge Knox McMahon, Jake 
     Knotts, Mickey Lindler, and Lyman Whitehead.
       Pallbearers are Josef E. Clark, Trevor P. Crocker, 
     Alexander Harman, T. Brett Harman, George P.W. Harmon, Dr. 
     R.B. Harmon II, Samuel H. Hendrix, Lester B. Hite, Joe Wayne 
     Rauch, Walter ``Sonny'' Sanders, Franklin B. Waites, and 
     Coroner Gary Watts.
       Mr. Harman passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014. A native 
     of Lexington, SC, Mr. Harman was born on March 30, 1935, and 
     was the son of the late Sarah Clark Harman and Dr. H. Odelle 
     Harman. He was predeceased by brother, Arthur C. Harman.
       Mr. Harman graduated from Lexington High School, attended 
     Newberry College, and was a graduate of Cincinnati College of 
     Mortuary Science. In 1961 he started a successful business, 
     Harman Funeral Home, which became Caughman-Harman Funeral 
     Home in 1966 when he formed a partnership with the late 
     Stephen Hampton Caughman. He spent more than 50 years 
     counseling bereaved families.
       Mr. Harman was first elected Coroner of Lexington County in 
     1976. He was instrumental in developing a countywide disaster 
     plan and disaster-response team, 24-hour pathologist 
     availability, and employing educated individuals to meet the 
     demands of changing technology. He sought to establish strong 
     working relationships with all law enforcement, EMS, fire 
     services, physicians, pathologists, and nurses. He also 
     helped obtain burial plots and grave markers to ensure 
     dignified burials for indigent citizens of Lexington County.
       Mr. Harman was a lifelong member of St. Stephen's Lutheran 
     Church and longtime member of the Lexington County Chamber of 
     Commerce, Lions' Club, Jaycees, and SC Coroners' and SC Law 
     Enforcement Associations. He was a past member of the Lowman 
     Home Board of Directors, as well as many other civic groups, 
     and past president of the SC Funeral Directors' Association.
       A man of many accomplishments, Mr. Harman was, most 
     importantly, a servant. He took great pride and care in 
     serving the people of his beloved Lexington County. With a 
     strong sense of compassion and respect, he wanted to help 
     families at times of crisis and sadness. This desire began 
     with his work as a funeral director and continued with his 
     service as Coroner. The people of Lexington County elected 
     him as Coroner ten times, an honor he accepted with much 
     gratitude and humility.
       While Mr. Harman's service touched many lives, he was 
     always, first of all, a dedicated son, brother, father, and 
     grandfather who loved his family, especially his daughters 
     and grandchildren, selflessly and unconditionally. His 
     extraordinary sense of humor, unfailing empathy, 
     understanding, and devotion will always be treasured and 
     remembered by his family and friends. Mr. Harman is survived 
     by his daughters, Sally H. Plowden (Russell) and Charlotte H. 
     Stormer (Chris), both of Columbia; his sister, Elizabeth H. 
     Caddell and brother Paul E. Harman (Gale) of Lexington; six 
     grandchildren, Sarah Caroline Plowden, William Christian 
     Stormer, Samuel Harman Stormer, Grace Zimmerman Plowden, 
     Sarah McIver Stormer, and Anne Brailsford Plowden; many 
     nieces and nephews; his loyal business partner and devoted 
     mother of his two daughters and grandmother of his six 
     grandchildren, Daisy Wilson Harman; and his special friend, 
     Sandra Rauch White.
       The Family wishes to extend a special thank you to the 
     staffs of Lexington Medical Center, LMC Extended Care, and 
     DayBreak; Doctors Michael Roberts, Christopher Marshall, and 
     Richard Murray; and dear friends Bernice Gibson and Lettie 
     Winston.
       Memorials may be made to St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran 
     Church, 119 N. Church St., Lexington, SC 29072; Heathwood 
     Hall Episcopal School, 3000 S. Beltline Blvd., Columbia, SC 
     29201; or a Hospice group of one's choice.

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