Johnnie Harris
Johnnie Harris
Johnnie Harris
1954-2016
Services for Johnnie Ray Harris, 62, of Canton, are scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 20, at the Grace Family Church in Canton with Pastor Jonathan Ray Smith officiating.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Mr. Harris died May 11, 2016, at his home.
He was born Jan. 13, 1954, in Houston to John Neal and Sarah Lee Lemons Harris.
He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler. He then served in the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper.
Until his health failed, he was a faithful member of the Grace Family Church where he served as the head usher.
Christmas was his favorite holiday and he enjoyed decorating lights on wrought iron.
His hobbies included gardening, yard work and playing dominoes. His nickname was “Mr. Domino.”
He loved to write poems and enjoyed art and collecting die-cast cars.
He is preceded in death by his father, John Neal Harris; step-father, Frank Toler; grandparents, Clint and Mamie Lemons and Herman and Gracie Stevenson; brother-in-law, Edward Ross; daughter-in-law, Vickie Harris; and his father and mother-in-law, Willie and Easter Fitzgerald.
He is survived by high school sweetheart and wife of 35 years, Peggy Harris of Canton; son, Chris Cleveland and Sharon of Houston; son, Johnny Ray Harris Jr. and Vickie of Canton; son, Frank of Canton; daughter, Latisha and Delvondo White of Mesquite; son, Joshua Harris of Canton; four grandchildren, Marquis Harris, Chesham Cleveland, Janelle White and Jaydyn White; mother, Sarah Harris Toler of Tyler; four brothers, Herman Harris, Kelvin and Minnie Harris both of Tyler, Willie and Deidre Harris of Athens, and O’Neal Harris of Nacogdoches; two sisters, Wanda Faye Ross and Patina and Gary Pinkerton, all of Tyler; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Reggie Coffman, Ronnie Wilson, Delved White, Eric Brass, Marquise Harris and T.O. Murphy. Honorary pallbearers are Anthony Proxy, Jimmy White and Charles Mitchell.
