- Date Of Birth: November 18, 1957
- Date Of Death: December 11, 2019
- State: North Carolina
Earl Dean Harrison, Jr., 62, died Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Susan of Summerfield, NC; sons, Scott of Summerfield, Alex and wife Kaitlyn and their daughter, Lilly of Stoney Creek and Bradley and wife Alison and their daughters, Savannah and Charlotte of Greensboro; mother, Phoebe Harrison of Elon; and sisters, Connie Styers of Greensboro and Kim Vaughn of Elon. He is preceded in death by his father, Earl Harrison.
Dean graduated from Hugh M. Cummings High School in Burlington, NC in 1976 and received a BS in Business Administration from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. There he was a member of Theta Xi Fraternity and remained friends with many of his brothers.
Upon college graduation in 1980, Dean opened a Graham Sporting Goods in Greensboro, NC. He first conceived the idea of a local sporting goods to his parents 43 years ago. Hence, Graham Sporting Goods is now in its third generation of Harrisons and continues to always put customer service first.
Dean was a man of faith always putting God and family first. He was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC where he served as a former deacon.
