Biography: Margaret Jane Harrison, age 84, of Little Rock, died June 20, 2009. She was born on Christmas Eve of 1924 to the late William Ringgold “Dub” Harrison and Margaret “Maggie” McCarroll Harrison. Soon after her birth Jane was baptized by her Grandfather, the Reverend William Ringgold Harrison Sr. in The First United Methodist Church of Little Rock She graduated from Lamar High in Houston Texas in 1941, attended The Hockaday School in Dallas for two years and later graduated from the U of A in Fayetteville where she studied art and literature and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. In the following years she became a talented amateur artist and poet. She was a member of the Jr. League of Little Rock and during the Little Rock School crisis in 1957-1958 she was an energetic and tireless worker as a member of the Woman’s Emergency Committee in their successful effort to reopen the schools. Jane is survived by her four sons, Wilbur Paul “Wib” Gulley and his wife Charlotte Lewis Nelson of Durham, N.C., William Harrison “Dub” Gulley and his wife Elizabeth “Libby” Patterson also of Durham, N.C., James Ransom Gulley of Little Rock, and Michael Pierce Gulley of Little Rock; she is also survived by her brother, William R Harrison III of Bryant, AR. Margaret had six grandchildren, Adrienne Margaret Gulley, Brynne Elizabeth Gulley, Paul Nelson Gulley, Caroline Louise Gulley, Rhyne Harrison Gulley and Pierce Patterson Gulley . Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ruebel Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday June 26, at Little Rock’s First United Methodist Church with burial to follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com
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