Visitation will be held from 9:00am to 11:00am, Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services will follow at 11:00am in the funeral home chapel with interment in Lakewood South Cemetery.
Mr. Harris was born September 29, 1928, in Newton County, Mississippi, a son of the late Fulton G. Harris and Laurine Reynolds Harris. He was a graduate of Hickory High School in Hickory, Mississippi, and a proud graduate and alumni of Mississippi State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness.
Mr. Harris was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and enjoyed a lengthy career with Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance. In his free time he enjoyed gardening and often shared the vegetables he had grown with friends and neighbors. A true family man, his favorite times were spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren- his family always came first.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Sara Jo Harris, and son, William Michael “Mike” Harris.
Survivors include son Mark Harris and wife Sue; daughter-in-law, Cheryl Harris; grandchildren, Trey Harris and wife Angie, Wil Harris and wife Linda, and Katie Harris; and great-grandchildren, Georgia Harris, Jack Harris, and Elle Harris.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s charity of choice.