Obituary

Doris Ethel "Deci" Harless, age 90, of 8333 Charlise Road, Richmond, VA died Thursday, June 24, 2010 at Bon Secours St. Mary's Medical Center in Richmond. Born February 6, 1920 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Oliver B. and Verna Ethel Wilson Harless. She was a graduate of Mary Washington College and received her Masters Degree from Columbia University in New York. She served as the Assistant Dean of Sweet Briar College for two years and worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond for thirty-seven years, retiring as an associate economist in the research department. She also served as an associate economist to the president of the Federal Reserve Bank. While at the bank, she wrote a book entitled South Carolina: An Economic Profile. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Richmond. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Elise Kidd and Tess Saum; a brother, Bernard G. Harless; two brothers-in-law, Charles Saum and Byron Kidd; a nephew, Reverend Stephen Saum; and a sister-in-law, Marianne Harless. She is survived by a nephew, Richard G. Harless and wife Janis of Lorton and their children, Bridgette Barnett and Lisa Harless, and her devoted friend and companion of many years, Sada Clarke of Richmond. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge, with Reverend Glenn Clements officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Clifton Forge. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at Nicely Funeral Home.