- Date Of Birth: October 9, 1927
- Date Of Death: March 7, 2018
- State: Indiana
Muncie-John R.
He is preceded in death by his son, Michael Lee Harty in 2017; parents; two brothers, George Lavonne Harty and Daniel Harty; three sisters, Rosemary Carr, Pearl H. Brown and Myrtle Long.
John had many talents. In 1950 he flew a crop dusting plane. In 1960 he was on WLBC TV as a Jitterbug Champion also that same year he became the first canine officer for the Delaware County Sheriffs Dept. under then Sheriff Harry Howard. In 1970 he earned his Doctorate of Jurist Prudence diploma from the John Marshall Law University at the Southern Union College of Savannah, Georgia, taught criminal justice and self defense at the Chatahoochi Valley Community College (CVCC) in Phenix City, Alabama. While in Phenix City, he was a deputy sheriff and also served as a city policeman for Lumpkin, Georgia. He had been the body guard for Lauren Green when he was making the movie “A time for miracles.” Mr. Harty was also used as an extra in the movie “The long riders” working with the Keith’s, the Caradine’s and several other family brothers. He had been decorated for injuries obtained in World War II while serving in the U.S. Army with Combat Engineers.
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