Graveside service for Roy Bernard Harris, Sr., age 86 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday at 11 AM at Malone Cemetery in Ardmore, TN with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will be beside his wife Golda Roper Harris who passed away in 2009.
Mr. Harris was a native of Tazewell, VA, son of the late Thomas Milton and Maude Wyatt Harris and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in the South Pacific during World War II. He was owner/ operator of the Terrace Motel and Restaurant and also the Sands Motel and Restaurant for many years and was a member of the Fayetteville First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his son Roy Harris, Jr of Fayetteville, daughter Lisa Harris of Michigan, brother Hal Harris of Dayton, Ohio, sister Phyllis Kappes of Alexandria, Kentucky and several nieces and nephews.
There will be no visitation prior to graveside services. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Malone Cemetery, c/o Roger Hicklen, 13 Gatlin Road, Ardmore, TN 38449.
Higgins Funeral Home is in charge of services for Mr. Roy Bernard Harris, Sr.