Vernice Harris
Vera Vernice Harris, 83, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Colonial Lodge of Greenville surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Friday, June 1, 2018 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Randy Daw, Mr. Richard Kellam and Mr. Frank Morgan officiating. Visitation will be 6 PM to 8 PM, Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.
Mrs. Harris was born in Onalaska, Texas on November 7, 1934. She was the daughter of Robert Lee Porter and Fannie Mae Billingsley Porter. She married Alvis Harris on June 27, 1952 in Prescott, Arkansas. She was a member of Creekside Church of Christ (formerly Johnson Street Church of Christ.)
Mrs. Harris was the former owner of H & W Supply in Greenville. She worked at Kroger before going into family business.
She is survived by her son, Lynn Harris and wife Diana of Emory; daughter, Debbie Ivy and husband Joe Mac of Point; brothers, Bob Porter and wife June of Hope, Arkansas and Richard Porter and wife Margaret of Hope, Arkansas; grandchildren, Erick Harris and wife Ashley of Emory, Kris Ivy and wife Shea of Caddo Mills, Kassi Mays and husband Blake of Edgewood, Ashlie Stephan and husband Nick of Greenville, and Matt Ivy and wife Mary Ann of Oregon; and great-grandchildren, Emma, Lainey, and Charlee Mays of Edgewood, Cambralyn and Cobryn Harris of Emory, Chloe and Cadlyn Ivy of Caddo Mills, Justin Redmon and wife Lindsey of California, Dalton Redmon of Point, Cameron Redmon of Emory and Austin Ivy of Oregon.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, granddaughter, Wendy Michelle Harris, brother, Carl Porter, sisters, Louise McSweeny and Ruby McSweeny and an infant brother.
Pallbearers will be Kris Ivy, Nick Stephan, Erick Harris, Blake Mays, Lynn Hudson and Ronnie Combs. Honorary pallbearers will be Cobryn Harris and Justin, Dalton and Cameron Redmon.