Feb 8

Feb 8 Obituary: Cyrus Claud Harris, The Dalles

Cyrus Claud Harris, a resident of The Dalles, Oregon, passed away January 28, 2022.

Cyrus Claud Harris was born May 5, 1938, in Mendenhall, Mississippi. His parents moved he and his siblings to Yakima, Washington arriving Christmas Eve 1952. His father worked construction on several dams including The Dalles Dam. Cyrus began working at Harvey Aluminum in The Dalles, when he was only 20 years old, when that plant opened in 1958. He eventually moved to The Dalles. Cyrus worked for the aluminum plants new owners Martin Marietta Aluminum and then Northwest Aluminum, retiring after 41 years of service, June 16, 1999.

Cyrus moved to Vancouver, Washington to be closer to extended family. Due to health matters, Cyrus moved back to The Dalles, in 2018 to be by his two children that live locally.

He loved fishing, especially going to the Snake River for catfish! He loved building his Chevrolet muscle cars, listening and dancing to good music; he was a very social person, playing his guitar and singing as he would be the next “Rick James” and he loved to watch the old westerns of John Wayne. Cyrus enjoyed his retirement working in his yard and rebuilding engines in his garage.

Cyrus was preceded in death by his parents A.C. and Mattie Lee Brown Harris, his brothers, Commic, Eugene and Hertis Hariss, two sisters, Emma Wyatt and Ruby Harris, and his daughter, Diane Harris.

Cyrus Claud Harris is survived by his sons, Tommie, Duane, Marvin and Brian “Buck” Harris, and his daughter Deana Harris Aloh, 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, two sisters, Bessie Gratton and Joann Francis. He will be missed greatly by many.