Clyde was born on August 12th, 1932 in Anniston, Alabama and attended Anniston High School where he met his wife to be Annie LaRue Owen. The couple later moved to Montgomery while Clyde attended and graduated as a mechanical Engineer from Alabama Polytechnic Institute which would eventually become Auburn University.
Later Clyde and LaRue would move to Huntsville where he worked in the space program developing engines for the Saturn 1B booster and later the Apollo lunar rover. Clyde would end his work career with Huntsville Utilities.
As a young couple Clyde and LaRue were active in church bowling leagues, company softball leagues and weekly card games with friends and neighbors. Clyde spent countless evenings and weekends coaching football and baseball for his two sons Ricky Owen Harris now of Chattanooga and Scott Allen Harris now deceased.
Clyde and LaRue both retired early and spent many days tending their gardens and undertaking numerous home improvement projects at their farm in Huntsville before moving to Chattanooga. Clyde always had a warm smile and gentle nature and liked nothing more than spending time in the yard with his beautiful bride.
Clyde was rare and special husband and father. He was a steady and constant beacon of hard work and duty to family. He always placed the needs of the family ahead of his own. He set a high bar for living and pursuing a virtuous life.
All I am and all I have become is because my father gave me a life, he gave me a start. He was proud of his family and I will always be grateful that God picked him to be my father. And now God has called him home where he and my brother will work to make ready a new home for the day when we can all be together again.
We will miss the sparkle of his bright blue eyes, his kind nature and easy smile. Clyde was a simple man but most of all he was a true gentleman.
In lieu of flowers and given the need for donations please consider becoming a blood donor or make a memorial contribution to the Red Cross where Clyde was a lifelong blood donor. Private services are by Valhalla Funeral Home & Memory Gardens 698 Winchester Road NE Huntsville, AL 35811 (256) 852-8500. Please share your thoughts and memories at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/huntsville-al/clyde-harris-10185845
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