Vivian Cook Harris

Vivian Elaine Cook Harris, 84, resident of Las Vegas, Nevada since 1962, died January 26, 2009 at Harbor House Hospice. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Rev. Pete Tackett officiating. The family will visit with friends at graveside. Memorials may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3300 East Sunrise Drive, Tuscon, Arizona 85718 or Cerebral Palsy Association, 1660 L Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D. C. 20036. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Columbia native was the daughter of the late Ulna Lee Cook and Maude Gilliam Cook and a 1942 graduate of Columbia Central High School. While living in Columbia, for several years she served as a hostess at Holiday Inn. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Gayle (Steve) Roberts of Las Vegas; sons, Ronald J. Harris of Las Vegas and Rodney Alan (Tina) Harris of Denver, Colorado; a sister, Barbara Cook Earwood McIntire of Columbia; grandchildren, Debbie Roberts, Kathey (James) Govoreau, Donald Bryan (Jackie) Harris, Madison Harris, Breanna Harris, Kelsey Harris, Stephanie Harris, Whitney Harris, Keagan Harris, Nicholas Harris; great-grandchildren, Austin Klein, Mitchell Klein, Emily Govoreau, Carter Harris, and Ryley Harris; a niece, Lea (Eddie) Ables of Columbia; a nephew, John (Janet) Earwood of Columbia. She was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Lee Harris of Las Vegas.