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Kenneth Allen Harris, 82, of Morehead City, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2024, at his home with his family by his side. Ken was born on March 8, 1941,

 The Fenton area lost a local icon Wednesday, April 21 with the death of Robert G. Harris Sr. He was 97 years old.  Harris, a lifelong resident of Fenton, had authored seven books on Fenton’s history. He also wrote the novel, “Many Come, Few Are Chosen,” about the U.S. Marines.  Harris graduated from Fenton High School in 1941. He went on to earn his Ph.D. and was the commencement speaker for the FHS Class of 1972. At the time, he was president of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.  In a 2019 Times story written by Vera Hogan (retired...

. Robert G. Harris wanted to be an illustrator so badly that he drove his motorcycle all the way from Kansas City to New York, hoping to find work with a magazine. On his journey he took a detour through monsters, ghouls and wild west gunfights. But ultimately his dream came true, and he ended up a prominent illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post. He even became friends with Norman Rockwell. Harris was born in 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of a hat salesman. He showed artistic promise at an early age, so his parents enrolled him in art lessons at the Kansas City Art Institute. H...