Obituary - Duffy Harris

Thursday, January 11, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Juneau resident Duffy Harris, also known as Cody C. Greyeyes, died Jan. 1, 2001, in the Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka of acute-chronic renal failure.

He was born Bernell Dewitt Harris on April 10, 1950, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Ella Starr Boyd and Dewitt Clinton Harris. He lived on the Sax and Fox Indian Reservation in Oklahoma as a boy and later moved to the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon. He lived in Seattle before moving to Juneau in 1988.

He had an active interest in traditional Native American culture and helped organize pow wows and cultural events.

In 1997 he was given his uncle's Indian name, Cody Greyeyes.

He loved music and played guitar and bass. He also enjoyed playing pool.

His family wrote that he was a jolly, easygoing and generous man. He never forgot his roots, and his upbringing in Oklahoma inspired his selfless nature. He loved children and included them in many activities.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Robert Gene Boyd.

He is survived by his brothers Merle W. Boyd and James Starr of Oklahoma, his sister Atricia K. Hill, Leandrea and Kendrea Makaily all of Juneau, and seven nieces in Oklahoma. He also is survived by his partner Dianne Fleegal of Juneau, her son Dale Franke of Juneau, her daughter Samantha Gilbert and her children Tabithia and Ashley Gilbert of Missouri.

Memorial services will be held as a potluck gathering at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tlingit and Haida Community Center. He was buried Jan. 6 in the family cemetery on the reservation in Stroud, Okla.

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