Tattnall County GaArchives Obituaries.....Harris, Joe B. May 13, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vance Harris webmaster@theharrislegacy.com February 28, 2010, 7:39 pm Tattnall Journal 05/15/08 Joe B. Harris, 78, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. The Tattnall County native lived most of his life in Collins but had lived in the Reidsville area for the past 10 years. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the U.S. Marines and a graduate of the University of Georgia. For most of his career, he was owner and operator of Harris Grocery, a farmer and a former security guard at Thomas & Betts in Vidalia. Joe was a former Mayor and city councilman of Collins and a member of the Collins Baptist Church. He is survived by a wife, Jane Tanner Harris of Reidsville; daughter and son-in-law, Sonia and Jeffrey Smith of Charleston, SC; two sons, David Harris of Collins and Dustin Harris of Statesboro; brother, Roy J. Harris, Jr. of Midway; sister, Emily Peterson of Statesboro; granddaughter, Tara Roberts of Charleston, SC; and the mother of his children, David and Sonia, Patricia B. Harris of Collins; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 15 at 11:00 a.m. at Kennedy Funeral Homes, Cobbtown Chapel, with Rev. Steve Kimbrell officiating. Burial will be in the Collins Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers are Ricky Strickland, Kinyard Jarriel, Jack Boyette, David Harvey, Roy J. Harris III and Van Harris. Kennedy Funeral Homes, Cobbtown Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements Additional Comments: Joe Burtchall Harris was the son of Roy James Harris and Bernice Jeffries of Collins. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/tattnall/obits/h/harris12982ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb