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Obituary
Susan Haskell Harrell, who served on the boards of several civic organizations and once was a weekly columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, died Sunday in a local hospital. She was 86 and lived in Goochland.
Mrs. Harrell was a former member of the boards of The Museum of the Confederacy and The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, which she served as chairman of the Marshall House Committee.
In the late 1940s and 1950s, she wrote a weekly column, "Country Living," for the Sunday Times-Dispatch, said her son, Henry Howze Harrell of Goochland. During World War II, she managed Haskell Chemical Co. for two years. Mrs. Harrell was a native of Birmingham, Ala. She attended Sweet Briar College and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism.
Mrs. Harrell was the widow of Theron Rice Harrell. In addition to her son, she is survived by a daughter, Anne Harrell Bristow of Richmond.
Mrs. Harrell was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 12291 River Road, where her funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The family suggests memorial gifts to a favorite charity.
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (RIchmond, VA) on July 22, 1996.
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