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Herman Lee Harris

09/15/1959 - 08/27/2024

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Obituary For Herman Lee Harris

HERMAN LEE HARRIS, WIDELY KNOWN AS "RANGO", ENTERED INTO HIS EARTHLY DWELLING ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 TO WILLIAM "SHACK" HARRIS. JR AND GEORGIA HAWKINS. HERMAN ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND WAS BAPTIZED AT IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARINGOUIN, LA.

LATER IN LIFE, HERMAN MADE THE DECISION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE NEW LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH OF GROSSE TETE, LA, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. CLYDE MCNELL, WHERE HE ATTENDED FOR MANY YEARS. MORE RECENTLY IN HIS JOURNEY, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE MOUNT GIDEON BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR RODRICK SCOTT, UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.

HERMAN WAS A GRADUATE OF SHADY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1977

HERMAN WAS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS. BY TRADE, HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVER. HE WAS ALSO A SKILLED CEMENT FINISHER AND FARMER, WHERE HE EARNED THE NICKNAME "PLOW BOY," ALL SKILLS THAT WERE TAUGHT TO HIM BY HIS FATHER.

HERMAN LOVED TO DANCE. IF THERE WAS A DANCE FLOOR HE WAS, DEFINITELY, ON IT. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A DANCE OFF BETWEEN HIM AND RONALD "BECK" HARRIS, YOU REALLY MISSED A TREAT.

HERMAN LOVED TO JOKE AND HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR LIKE NO OTHER.

HERMAN LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS, REGINA HARRIS; TWO SONS, KENZIE (TASHANTA) LITTLES OF DONALDSONVILLE, LA AND TROYNELL (LAWRENCIA) GOUGISHA OF ADDIS, LA; A NIECE THAT HE LOVED AS HIS OWN DAUGHTER, YASMINE WILSON OF HOUSTON, TX; HIS MOTHER, GEORGIA HAWKINS; STEP-MOTHER, ROZENA HARRIS; THREE BROTHERS; WILLIAM HARRIS, III OF VAJELO, CALIFORNIA, HENRY HARRIS OF VENTRISS, LOUISIANA, AND BRIAN (TISHA) HARRIS MARINGOUIN, LOUISIANA; FIVE SISTERS, GEORGIA PORCHE, LOLITA HARRIS, SYLVIA HARRIS, PENNY (CARL) TAYLOR, AND PAMELA (CLYDE) WILLIAMS. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND THREE SISTERS-IN LAW, KATHY LITTLES, CHARLENE (JOHNELL) BUTLER AND ETHEL LITTLES; ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW MELVIN LITTLES, SR; NINE GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GOD CHILDREN; SHADENDRAL HARRELL, MADISON PHILLIP, AND TONNEA HARRIS, AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

HERMAN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, WILLIAM HARRIS, II; SISTERS KIMBERLY HARRIS AND PATRICIA LANDRY; MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ESTELLE HAWKINS AND WALTER PAIGE; PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, WILLIAM AND LEORA HARRIS; AND HIS FATHER AND MOTHER IN LAW, BERTEL AND SHIRLEY LITTLES.

Services

7 Sep

Viewing/Visitation

09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Mt. Gideon Baptist Church 77700 W. Oak Lane Maringouin, Louisiana 70757 Get Directions »
7 Sep

Funeral Service

11:00 AM

Mt. Gideon Baptist Church 77700 W. Oak Lane Maringouin, Louisiana 70757 Get Directions »
7 Sep

Interment

01:00 PM

Immaculate Heart of Mary Cemetery Maringouin, Louisiana 70757 Get Directions »
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