Obituary of Allen R. Harris, Sr.

CELEBRATING THE LIFE & LEGACY OF ALLEN RICKS HARRIS, SR ALLEN RICKS HARRIS WAS BORN TO CHARLIE HARRIS AND CORA BELL WATERS HARRIS ON DECEMBER 23, 1939 IN ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA. HE WAS THE THIRD OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN BORN TO THIS LOVELY COUPLE. ALLEN RECEIVED HIS FORMAL EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA. AS A CHILD ALLEN ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR AND WAS BAPTIZED. HE JOINED CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH. ALLEN WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND DROVE THE SCHOOL BUS AT FREDRICK DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL WHICH ALLEN ATTENDED. ALLEN WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SINGING GROUP “THE GOSPEL KINGS” EVERY SUNDAY EARLY MORNING ALLEN, HIS TWO BROTHERS ALVIN AND BEN, AND JEFF DAVIS WOULD SING ON THE RADIO STATION “WCEC” AND ALLEN FATHER’S CHARLIE HARRIS WOULD PLAY THE GUITAR. ALLEN MIGRATED TO PHILADELPHIA, PA WHERE HER MARRIED BARBARA MAE HOOK. TO THIS UNION 5 CHILDREN WHERE BORN. ALLEN WAS DEDICATED TO CARING AND PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY LATER IN THIS UNION ALLEN’S WIFE BARBARA BECAME SICK AND PASSED AWAY IN 1970. ALLEN’S MOTHER-IN-LAW LULA MAE HOOK STEP UP TO HELP ALLEN RAISE HIS FIVE CHILDREN. ALLEN WORKED AT JOHN JEFFREY TRUCKING COMPANY WHERE HE RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 62. IN ALLEN SPARE TIME HE LOVED PLAYING POOL, SHUFFLE BOARD, BOWLING AND A DIE HARD FAN OF THE PITTSBURG STEELERS. HE ALSO WORKED AS A BARTENDER WITH HIS COUSINS JUNE AND NATE WHERE HE MET AND KNOWN SO MANY PEOPLE AND FAMILY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: CHARLIE AND CORA BELL HARRIS; WIFE BARBARA MAE HARRIS, SON: TONY HARRIS, BROTHERS: JESSIE, THOMAS EARL, EUGENE, ROSCOE, CHARLIE JR, BABY HARRIS, AND JIMMY. ALLEN IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN LYNWOOD BATTS (DARLENE) OF CLAYTON, NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEN HARRIS JR (MARY), MONTICELLO FL, JEFFREY HARRIS (DARLENE), PHILADELPHIA, PA, LULA MAE HARRIS, PHILADELPHIA, PA, PATRICIA HARRIS GRAY (DAVID), CLEMENTON, NJ; BROTHERS: JAMES HARRIS(BETTY), ROCKY MOUNT, NC, BEN HARRIS(KIZZIE), ROCKY MOUNT, NC, LINWOOD HARRIS(STEPHANIE), UPPER MARLBORO, MD, TONY HARRIS, CULPEPPER, VA, ULYSSES HARRIS(VENUS), RALEIGH, NC: SISTERS: CORA FRANCE HINTON(FRED) AND EULA MODLIN(STEVE), ROCKY, NC; SISTERS-IN-LAW: ERNESTINE HARRIS, ROCKY MOUNT, NC, AND MARGRET HARRIS AND ANN HARRIS, MARYLAND: GRANDCHILDREN: AARON, CHRIS, QUINTERA, JOSEPH, TANESHA, TRAMESHA, JASMINE, SHAMAR, FELICIA, JAMAL, ALLIYAH: GREAT-GRAND: BLESSYNN, PROMISE, TAYLOR, ARIEL, JOELLE, JARON, N’FINITEE, ARIAON, AND ALAYNA OTHER LOVE ONES: VONI, SONYA, AND ACKERS/DEUCEY; AND A HOSTS OF NEPHEWS, NIECE, COUSINS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. TRIUMPHANTLY SUBMITTED, THE FAMILY