Max Edwin Harrison, 89, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Hospice Ministries. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 28, 2014 at Sebrell Funeral Home with burial following in Rosemont Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday and 12 Noon Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Harrison was born on June 2, 1924 in Florence, the son of the late William B. Harrison and Lucy Shack Harrison.
A graduate of Terry High School, he entered the U.S. Navy in 1943. A World War II veteran, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations. Honorably discharged in 1946, Mr. Harrison moved to Clarksdale to assist his brother, Milton with his trucking business. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949 and served until 1952 when he joined the U.S. Air Force. He began his Air Force career stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi.
On January 1, 1953, he married the former Alice Voncile Barlow. While serving his country in the Air Force, he was stationed in Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, AK; Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, LA and Westover AFB in Springfield, Mass where he retired after 20 years of service to his country in 3 different military branches. After returning home, he graduated from barber school at Hinds Community College. Mr. Harrison worked for 20 years as barber, owning and operating his own barber shop on Terry Road. He served as a mission leader at Way of Grace Baptist Church, which started under the ministry of L.R. Shelton, Sr, of the First Baptist Church of Algiers, New Orleans, LA. Mr. Harrison was an avid vegetable gardener, cherished spending time with his grandchildren and loved to read. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by 2 sisters and 2 brothers. He will be remembered most as a beloved husband, a devoted father, a cherished grandfather and loving brother and friend.
Survivors include: his wife Alice Voncile Harrison of Jackson; daughters, Barbara Lynn Moore (Steve) of Patterson, LA and Lucy McAdory (George) of Madison, MS; grandchildren, Dustin Ray Porter of Morgan City, LA and Taylor Harrison of Madison. He is also survived by brother, Ralph Harrison (Joy) of Picayune; sister, Mildred Lewis of Byram; and brother, Ted Harrison (Mary Alice) of Crystal Springs.
Sebrell Funeral Home - 2014
Mr. Harrison was born on June 2, 1924 in Florence, the son of the late William B. Harrison and Lucy Shack Harrison.
A graduate of Terry High School, he entered the U.S. Navy in 1943. A World War II veteran, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations. Honorably discharged in 1946, Mr. Harrison moved to Clarksdale to assist his brother, Milton with his trucking business. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949 and served until 1952 when he joined the U.S. Air Force. He began his Air Force career stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi.
On January 1, 1953, he married the former Alice Voncile Barlow. While serving his country in the Air Force, he was stationed in Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, AK; Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, LA and Westover AFB in Springfield, Mass where he retired after 20 years of service to his country in 3 different military branches. After returning home, he graduated from barber school at Hinds Community College. Mr. Harrison worked for 20 years as barber, owning and operating his own barber shop on Terry Road. He served as a mission leader at Way of Grace Baptist Church, which started under the ministry of L.R. Shelton, Sr, of the First Baptist Church of Algiers, New Orleans, LA. Mr. Harrison was an avid vegetable gardener, cherished spending time with his grandchildren and loved to read. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by 2 sisters and 2 brothers. He will be remembered most as a beloved husband, a devoted father, a cherished grandfather and loving brother and friend.
Survivors include: his wife Alice Voncile Harrison of Jackson; daughters, Barbara Lynn Moore (Steve) of Patterson, LA and Lucy McAdory (George) of Madison, MS; grandchildren, Dustin Ray Porter of Morgan City, LA and Taylor Harrison of Madison. He is also survived by brother, Ralph Harrison (Joy) of Picayune; sister, Mildred Lewis of Byram; and brother, Ted Harrison (Mary Alice) of Crystal Springs.
Sebrell Funeral Home - 2014
Max Edwin Harrison, 89, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Hospice Ministries. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 28, 2014 at Sebrell Funeral Home with burial following in Rosemont Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday and 12 Noon Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Harrison was born on June 2, 1924 in Florence, the son of the late William B. Harrison and Lucy Shack Harrison.
A graduate of Terry High School, he entered the U.S. Navy in 1943. A World War II veteran, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations. Honorably discharged in 1946, Mr. Harrison moved to Clarksdale to assist his brother, Milton with his trucking business. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949 and served until 1952 when he joined the U.S. Air Force. He began his Air Force career stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi.
On January 1, 1953, he married the former Alice Voncile Barlow. While serving his country in the Air Force, he was stationed in Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, AK; Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, LA and Westover AFB in Springfield, Mass where he retired after 20 years of service to his country in 3 different military branches. After returning home, he graduated from barber school at Hinds Community College. Mr. Harrison worked for 20 years as barber, owning and operating his own barber shop on Terry Road. He served as a mission leader at Way of Grace Baptist Church, which started under the ministry of L.R. Shelton, Sr, of the First Baptist Church of Algiers, New Orleans, LA. Mr. Harrison was an avid vegetable gardener, cherished spending time with his grandchildren and loved to read. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by 2 sisters and 2 brothers. He will be remembered most as a beloved husband, a devoted father, a cherished grandfather and loving brother and friend.
Survivors include: his wife Alice Voncile Harrison of Jackson; daughters, Barbara Lynn Moore (Steve) of Patterson, LA and Lucy McAdory (George) of Madison, MS; grandchildren, Dustin Ray Porter of Morgan City, LA and Taylor Harrison of Madison. He is also survived by brother, Ralph Harrison (Joy) of Picayune; sister, Mildred Lewis of Byram; and brother, Ted Harrison (Mary Alice) of Crystal Springs.
Sebrell Funeral Home - 2014
Mr. Harrison was born on June 2, 1924 in Florence, the son of the late William B. Harrison and Lucy Shack Harrison.
A graduate of Terry High School, he entered the U.S. Navy in 1943. A World War II veteran, he served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations. Honorably discharged in 1946, Mr. Harrison moved to Clarksdale to assist his brother, Milton with his trucking business. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949 and served until 1952 when he joined the U.S. Air Force. He began his Air Force career stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi.
On January 1, 1953, he married the former Alice Voncile Barlow. While serving his country in the Air Force, he was stationed in Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, AK; Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, LA and Westover AFB in Springfield, Mass where he retired after 20 years of service to his country in 3 different military branches. After returning home, he graduated from barber school at Hinds Community College. Mr. Harrison worked for 20 years as barber, owning and operating his own barber shop on Terry Road. He served as a mission leader at Way of Grace Baptist Church, which started under the ministry of L.R. Shelton, Sr, of the First Baptist Church of Algiers, New Orleans, LA. Mr. Harrison was an avid vegetable gardener, cherished spending time with his grandchildren and loved to read. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by 2 sisters and 2 brothers. He will be remembered most as a beloved husband, a devoted father, a cherished grandfather and loving brother and friend.
Survivors include: his wife Alice Voncile Harrison of Jackson; daughters, Barbara Lynn Moore (Steve) of Patterson, LA and Lucy McAdory (George) of Madison, MS; grandchildren, Dustin Ray Porter of Morgan City, LA and Taylor Harrison of Madison. He is also survived by brother, Ralph Harrison (Joy) of Picayune; sister, Mildred Lewis of Byram; and brother, Ted Harrison (Mary Alice) of Crystal Springs.
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