Dallas Richard Harris

Dallas Richard Harris, 69, died Sunday, October 4, 2015 at his home in Brown County after a lengthy illness.He was born on December 16, 1945 in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Lois Heath Harris and Emma Viola Allen Harris. He married Georgia Sutton in Loogootee, Indiana on November 18, 1967.He was a 1964 graduate of Alfordsville High School; Nashville Auto Diesel College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1965 and attended Ivy Tech Community College. He was hired by Cummins, Inc. in 1965 and retired in 1996 after 31 years of service. Motorcycle riding was a passion until a tree cutting accident in October 1996 left him partially paralyzed. He also loved camping, hiking and backpacking. In his spare time he could be found in the garage tearing down and rebuilding anything mechanical. One of his greatest pleasures was designing and building our log home doing a lot of the work himself.

He was a member of the Nashville United Methodist Church, The Brown County Lions Club and former member of the BMW Motorcycle Owners Club and BMW Riders Club. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Georgia; two sons; Adam Harris (Stephanie Hagemeyer Harris) of Bloomington and John Harris (Mary Katherine Means) of Brown County and one grandson: Daxton Harris of Bloomington, two nieces; Vickie Harris Hasenour of Louisville, Kentucky and Deneen Harris Bender of Huntingburg, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his father Lois, Mother Emma and one brother, Bobby.

Friends may visit the family from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 201. in the Nashville United Methodist Church. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 10 a.m. also in the Nashville United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Bond-Mitchell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Online condolences may be made to the family at www.BondMItchellFuneralHome.com.