1st Lie-in-State:
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 14, 2011
Scales & Sons Funeral Home
2nd Lie-in-State:
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Visitation:
11:00 a.m. - 12 noon on Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Funeral with Pastor Bobby Leggs, Sr., as eulogist:
12 noon on Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Interment:
on Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hickory Grove Church Cemetery
Obituary:
Richard Harris, age 71, of Smyrna,TN departed this life on Friday, October 7, 2011 at his home. He was one of 12 children with seven siblings preceding him in death. Richard was educated in the Rutherford County School System.
Richard was employed at the Elm Hill Meat Packing Company for three years, Central Station for six years and Genesco for sixteen years. He loved cutting grass. He took pride in his yards being clean cut and beautifully trimmed. Richard's favorite food was chitterlings.
He leaves to cherish his memories, his loving wife, Jo Ann Harris; sons, Ricky Harris, Jr., Gary Alexander and Melvin Alexander; daughters, Valarie Alexander and Kathy Rice and many other relatives and friends.
