Willie D. Harris

On June 12,1927, Spencer and Coreen Harris welcomed a bouncing 
baby boy into the world, Willie D. Harris is what they named him. 
This was a joyous day in the city of Carthage, Texas.

Willie recieved his formal education in Carthage Public Schools.

The family later moved to Gilmer, Texas, where he later married 
the love of his life, Mrs. Donnie Bell Davis. The newlyweds moved 
to Fort Worth, Texas. To this union six children were born, a son 
Willie James Harris preceded him in death.

Willie was loyal and faithful in the church, and was a member of 
Harris Temple Church Of God In Christ, under the pastorage of his 
brother Rev. S.K. Harris. 

Willie retired from American Manufacturing and from being a self- 
employed landscaper, one of the first landscapers in Fort Worth, 
Tx. Willie was also a seasonal employee of the Fort Worth Stock 
Show.

Willie passed through the pearly gates headed to his mansion on high 
on Sunday, March 16,2003 at 8:05 p.m.

Left behind to mourn are his wife, Mrs. Donnie Bell Harris; sons 
Spencer (Taffeta) Harris, III, and Willie Hale; daughters, Wanda 
Harris, Linda
Jackson, Donna Lawrence, and Pamela Akuma; brothers, Joe (Hazel), 
S.K. (Hazel), Austin ( Essie), Bennie ( Nell), and Spencer Harris, 
Jr.; sisters, Melvine Warren and Addie ( Esque) Sanders; sixteen 
grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren, and numerous nieces, 
nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Willie's parents, one son, four sisters, two brothers and one 
great-grandson preceded him in death. 

Interment: Cedar Hill Memorial Park
Mansfield, Texas