Mr. Jimmie L. Harris Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Jimmie L. Harris was born on February 7,1947 to the union of Roger and Gertrude Harris in Shelby, Mississippi. He was the second child of seven children. Jimmie demonstrated his gifts and talents by organizing friends to play baseball and basketball games outside in the neighborhood, and all over town. Jimmie loved to work at an early age; such as cutting grass on weekends, shining shoes at Mr. Levels Shoe Shine Shop, and later work at a cotton gin in town. At an early age of eleven, Jimmie accepted Christ and Baptist under the leadership of Pastor J.B. Taylor at Pleasant Grove M.B. Church. Jimmie attended Shelby Elementary School. Jimmie worked many jobs, the most loved job was construction in Chicago and his own painting job. After his 3 1/2 year battle with his illness, COPO and congestive heart failure, Jimmie departed this life on Sunday evening, May 3, 2020. Preceding him in death are his son, Jimmie Jr., his father Rodger Harris, his mother Gertrude Harris and his brother Rodger Harris, Jr. Jimmie leaves to cherish him in memory a loving daughter Mia L. Harrell; two sons - Kip Maxon and Emmanuel Harris; eleven grandkids; four sisters - Betty Ashcroft, Jessie L. Harris, Marie Harris Maywood and Vanessa Harris; three brothers - James Bady, Willie Harris, and Larry Harris; two sisters-in-law - Rosie L. Billings, and Catherine McCarter; one brother-in-law Eddie Maxon; and a host of nephews, two nieces, twenty-five cousins, and family and friends.

Mr. Jimmie L. Harris

February 7, 1947 - May 3, 2020