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HENDERSONVILLE--Larry Harris, 67, died June 11
after a sudden illness. He was born and raised in
Hendersonville, son of James Franklin Harris and
Naomi Pace Harris. He graduated Hendersonville
High in 1964, then graduated AB Tech with an
Associate's Degree in Art. He served in the army
1968-1972, including in Vietnam as U.S. Army
Chief Warrant Officer and was in the 23rd Infantry
Division, 16th Combat Aviation Group. He served in
the Henderson County Sheriff's Department as a
detective from 1973-1988 and designed the
Department badge in 1976. He then worked with the
Regional Counter-Narcotics Task Force, 1988-1994.
He was employed by U.S. Security Associates as
the Operating Unit Manager for contract protective
services in WNC, Upstate SC, Western Virginia and
Eastern TN and was Director of Corporate Security,
West Coast Florida, for Elite Protection Services,
a division of Security Services of America.
Larry was a Certified Protection Professional
(CCP). He accumulated over thirty years of
experience as a diversified military, law
enforcement and industrial security specialist
with over twenty as a public law enforcement
senior investigator in criminal investigation,
crime scene technology, financial investigations
and complex case management. He accrued over
4,000 hours flight time as a military, police and
commercial helicopter pilot.
He worked in Saudi Arabia with Northrup Grumman
Mission Systems/Vinnel Arabia as a military
trainer OPCON to the Office of the Program
Manager, U.S. Army, Saudi Arabian National Guard
Modernization Program.
In 2008 he deployed to Iraq as a forensic services
crime scene investigator for the Department of
State Regional Security Office of the Diplomatic
Security Service after being selected as a member
of a hand-picked team of investigators for the
Iraq Force Investigative Unit. He served there
until his retirement in March 2013.
He was a contributing columnist for "Homeland
Security Today" magazine and
"StrategyPage.com".
Larry was a brilliant, tough, real-life hero
working in some of the most dangerous situations
and places in the world. He was also a protective,
caring person who dearly loved Sophia, a little
blind Yorkie he raised with Paula Campbell, to
whom he was married for 17 years.
A Celebration of Life will be held at The Cedars
on Saturday, June 22 at 5:30. In lieu of flowers,
donations in memory of Larry may be made to the
Hendersonville Blue Ridge Humane Society,
www.blueridgehumane.org.
Published in The Times-News on June 18, 2013
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