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Robert K. Harmon Florence, SC QCWA # 24843 Chapter 89 |
Robert Keel Harmon, 88, died Thursday, June 16, 2016, after an illness.
Mr. Harmon was born in Florence, a son of the late James Evans Harmon, Sr., and Mary Elizabeth Keel Harmon. He graduated from Lower Richland High School and attended the University of South Carolina. Mr. Harmon was a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he was an airborne radio instructor. He retired from AT&T after 38 years as an engineering supervisor.
He was a member of First Baptist Church in Florence for over 50 years, and was affiliated with the media ministry for the past 25 years. He was a member and past president of the Telephone Pioneers of America. He was also a member of The Gideons International. As a member of the Kiwanis Club in Florence, he was awarded the George Hickson Fellowship Award. He was also a life member of the amateur radio/HAM radio operators association.
He was predeceased by his wife, Virginia Hancock Harmon; a sister, Mary Elizabeth Mauk; and two brothers, James Evans Harmon, Jr., and William Hayne Harmon.