Background
Harris, Marian Mitchell was born on December 3, 1926 in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Samuel Emmett Mitchell and Katie Bell Thomas.
Harris, Marian Mitchell was born on December 3, 1926 in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Samuel Emmett Mitchell and Katie Bell Thomas.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Tift College, 1947. Master of Education, Georgia Southwestern University, 1976.
Teacher Webster County Board Education, Preston, Georgia, 1948-1950. Director Sumter County Department Family and Children Services, Americus, 1965-1978. Volunteer resource director Americus Area Mental Health Services, 1978-1983.
Executive director Sumter County Mental Health Association, Americus, 1984-1986. Reference library Lake Blackshear Regional Library, 1987-1991. Media center director, manager Tree Farm.
Media center director Plains (Georgia) Baptist Church, 1970-2000, Friendship Baptist Association, 1976-2000.
President, state board representative Mental Health Association, Americus, 1970-1980. President, secretary, vice president Council on Aging, Americus, 1965-1978. President, regional board, board directors Goodwill, 1968-1975.
Vice president, president Interagy. Council, Americus, 1969-1973. Member recreation committee Lions Club, Plains, 1960-1963.
President, secretary PTO, Plains, 1956-1963, program chairman, 1960. Messenger Georgia Baptist Convention, 1996-1999, Southern Baptist Convention, 1999. Member Media Library.
Association (board directors 1989-2000, Georgia state board directors 1995-2000), Friendship Association (executive committee representative 1996-2000), Iris Garden Club (chairman conservation program committee 1995).
Married Ernest Rastus Harris, June 29, 1947 (divorced 1985). Children; Thomas Ernest, Robert Mitchell.