Impact

Mary Ernestine Harrison, the youngest of four children of Thomas and Susan Harrison was born July 7, 1930 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Owing to the Great Depression, her family moved to Detroit, Michigan so her father could find work. Ernestine, as she was always called, received her primary and secondary education in Detroit. Her family were Christians so she became active in her local church and also in Youth For Christ.
In early 1952, Ernestine enrolled in The King’s College founded by evangelist Percy Crawford and located in Delaware City, Delaware. She remained at King’s for three and a half years before it moved in the fall of 1956 to Briarcliff Manor, New York. At that time, she took a break in her education to move to California to spend time with her parents, sisters and their families, and work as a church secretary.
Ernestine returned to Delaware in 1957 and enrolled in the University of Delaware to pursue a degree in Education. While there, she became a member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Newark where she was very active in teaching Sunday School, the women’s group and singing in the choir. She taught in the Delaware Public School System for thirty-five years in the Stanton and Colonial School Districts.
Ernestine enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and drove with friends to Alaska, visited Israel and made numerous trips to Canada and England. She retired from public school teaching in 1992 and continued to be active in her church. She had a strong interest in missions as did others in her family. Her brother made a number of preaching trips abroad, and several of her great nieces and nephews are involved in mission work overseas. Ernestine left this earth for her heavenly home in July of 2017 and is buried in the St. Georges Delaware Cemetery.

Scholarships

• Ernestine Harrison Endowed Missions Fund
• Ernestine Harrison Memorial Endowed Scholarship