Mr. Gerald (Jerry) L. Harris age 74 passed away Monday April 18, 2016 at Tucker Hospice House.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Wilkinson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday at Oak Ridge Baptist with Rev. Robert Eller officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Mr. Harris was born March 11, 1942 in Cabarrus County to the late George L. and Nellie Dennis Harris. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Linda Myers.
Gerald retired from Carolina Tractor in Charlotte and was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church where he served as a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Rinehardt Harris; son, Gerald Harris and wife, Becky of Concord; daughter, Angie Phillips and husband, Ben of Concord; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Margaret Strickland of Mt. Pleasant and Becky Stone of Harrisburg and many other loving relatives and friends.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.