Harry Ashby DeButts (October 13, 1895 – August 27, 1983) was a president of Southern Railway in the United States. He was succeeded by D. William Brosnan in 1962.
deButts graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1916 and joined Southern Railway that year. He served in the United States Marine Corps in World War I and then returned to Southern Railway, where he spent the remainder of his career. He became President of the company in 1952 and Chairman of Board on February 1, 1962, before retiring in November of that year. He died in Upperville, Virginia.
Norfolk Southern's DeButts Yard, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was named in his honor.
See also
List of railroad executives
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1895 births
1983 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
Southern Railway (U.S.) People from Upperville, Virginia