Obituary of Dessie Harris

Dessie Harris Visitation Sunday, January 12, 2014 from 5-8 PM Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Service Monday, January 13, 2014 at 11 AM Funeral Home Burial Heavner Cemetery Dessie Mae Herron Harris Dessie Mae Herron Harris, age 86, of Buckhannon, WV died Thursday, January 9, 2014 at her home. She was born April 26, 1927 in Queens, WV, a daughter of the late Boyd and Pearl Loudin Herron. On October 4, 1947 she married Wilbur “Bookie” Harris who preceded her in death on February 11, 1979. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by one daughter, Delana Evans; six brothers, Leonard, George, Raymond, Lester, Ellis and Stewart Herron and two sisters, Violetta Herron and Opal Coberly. She is survived by four daughters, Marian Bailey and husband Bob of Volga, WV, Vonda Rice and husband Pete of Hodgesville, WV and Marcia Harvey and husband Dennis and Karla Harris all of Buckhannon; two sons, Dennis Harris and wife Sherry of Century, WV and Tim Harris and wife Katrina of Volga; grandsons, DJ and fiancé Angie, Craig and wife Brenda, Bobby and wife Jonnie, Chris and wife Mollie, Aaron and fiancé Tasha and Nic; granddaughters, Delana and husband Quinton, Brandi and husband Tommy, Collette and husband Jimmy and Kelley and husband Reggie; seventeen great-grandchildren; two brothers, Roy Herron and wife Charlene of Ivanhoe, VA and Elmer Herron of Spartansburg, PA; sister-in-law, Mabel Herron of Ashtabula, OH and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Harris was a homemaker and a member of the Heaston United Methodist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be missed by all. Friends will be received Sunday, January 12, 2014 from 5-8 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held 11 AM Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Mary Ellen Finegan officiating. Burial will follow in the Heavner Cemetery in Buckhannon. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.