Angelia Lawrance Harris

Angelia Lawrance Harris
Angelia Lawrance Morrison in 1921
First Lady of North Carolina
In office
January 12, 1921 – April 2, 1924
GovernorCameron A. Morrison
Preceded byFanny Yarborough Bickett
Succeeded bySara Virginia Ecker Watts
Personal details
Born
Angelia Lawrance Morrison

(1912-03-24)March 24, 1912
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJuly 13, 1983(1983-07-13) (aged 71)
Charlote, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJames Jackson Harris
Children4
Parent(s)Cameron A. Morrison
Lottie May Tomlinson
EducationSpence School
Sweet Briar College

Angelia Lawrance Harris (née Morrison; March 24, 1912 – July 13, 1983) was an American heiress, political hostess, philanthropist, and businesswoman. She served as First Lady of North Carolina during the administration of her widowed father, Governor Cameron A. Morrison, from 1921 to 1924, until her father remarried to Sara Virginia Ecker Watts. She was the second daughter of a North Carolinian governor to serve as First Lady during his term, after Helen Whitaker Fowle Knight. Throughout the Morrison administration, she was known as the "little mistress of the mansion." In her later life, she lived at her Charlotte estate, Morrocroft, and operated an antique business. Harris was a benefactor of multiple institutions including Queens College, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, and the Mint Museum, and was appointed by Governor Dan K. Moore to serve on the North Carolina Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission.