James D. Harris, 69, of Fitzgerald, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald with the Dr. Lloyd Stembridge officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Olive Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Thursday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Harris was born February 25, 1939 in Ben Hill County to the late Arline and Myrtle Williams Harris. He was a 1959 graduate of Fitzgerald High School and worked as a Pressman in the Paper Products Industry. Mr. Harris had previously worked with Sonoco Products and Simkins Industries in the Atlanta area. He had served in the Georgia National Guard. He attended Arbor Baptist Church.
Mr. Harris is survived by his wife: Barbara Peters Harris of Fitzgerald; one son, Mark J. (Kathy) Harris of Crewe, Virginia and one daughter, Gail H. Trull of Fitzgerald, Ga.; one grandson: Wes Trull of Fitzgerald; one brother: Don Harris of Marietta; three sisters: Sue East of Dublin, Joyce Williams of Conyers and Faye Burns of Lithonia, Ga. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Johnny and Bobby Harris.