SHARON ANN HARRIS ITHACA - Sharon Ann Harris, age 61, of Graduate Drive, Ithaca, NY, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Elmira, NY, after a long illness. Sharon was born January 6, 1947 in Corning, NY, a daughter of Andrew Sweeney of North Carolina and the late Hilda Sweeney. Sharon was graduated from the Continental School of Beauty Culture in 1986 and later from Tompkins Cortland Community College. She served her barbering apprenticeship in Ithaca and Syracuse and worked in the Grand Way Beauty Salon in Horseheads eventually becoming the manager. Later she had her own station in Mary Belle's Salon in Elmira Heights. After relocating to Ithaca, she worked in Pierre's and at Anna Marie's Beauty Salon. She had also been employed at the Ithaca Credit Bureau, CFCU, Cornell University, Office of Materials Management and at Cornell Information Technologies. Survivors include her siblings, Pamela and Michael, both of Hartford, AL; her father, Andrew Sweeney of NC; and friends, George (and Sandra) Trutt, Jr. of Ithaca. She was predeceased by her mother, Hilda Sweeney; and her adoptive parents, Sally Lakes and Cart Hamblin. A poem by Helen Steiner Rice, "The End of the Road is but a Bend in the Road" describes her feelings. A celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, January 5, 2009, at the Perkins Funeral Home, 55 West Main Street, Dryden. Burial will be at a later date. Friends are asked to consider a memorial donation to the ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=ADA'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=theithacajournal'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=American Diabetes Association'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://donations.diabetes.org/site/Donation2?df_id=4362&4362.donation=form1&s_src=legacy&s_subsrc=obit&set.TributeFirstName=Sharon&set.TributeLastName=Harris'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Sharon'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Harris'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1011597256'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1011597256'; document.write("<a href='" + adClkUrl + "' target=_blank>American Diabetes Association<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /></a>"); }());, 356 N. Midler Ave., Syracuse, NY 13206. www.perkinsfuneralhome.com