Obituary of Andy M. Harmon

Andy McRay �RAY� Harmon, age 78, of Hicks Road, Sugar Grove, passed away Monday morning, January 26th 2015, at his home, with his family by his side. Born January 15, 1937 in Watauga County, he was a son of Virgil McRay and Cora Jane Hicks Harmon. Mr. Harmon was of the Baptist faith. Ray was a devoted husband and father who dearly loved his family. He enjoyed working the land on his farm. Mr. Harmon is survived by his wife, Laura McGuire Harmon; three sons, Gary Ray Harmon and wife, Deborah, and David Allen Harmon, all of Sugar Grove, and Eric Wayne Harmon, and wife, Alice, of Deep Gap; five grandchildren, Kevin Harmon and wife, Kara, Andrea Mullett and husband, Justin, Phillip Harmon and wife, Summer, Tyler Harmon and wife, Kala, and Leah Harmon; one great-grandson, Brent Harmon; and one sister, Redith Marshall of Bristol, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil McRay and Cora Jane Hicks Harmon; an infant son, Kelvin Harmon, one brother, Henry Harmon; and four sisters, Mary Alice Isaacs, Edith Rector, Flora Marshall, and Lillie Oliver. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon, January 28th, at 2 o�clock, at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. David Ward. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 until 2 o�clock, prior to services, at Austin & Barnes. Burial will follow in the Baird�s Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Medi Home Health & Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 102, Boone, NC 28607. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Harmon family.