MRS YVONNE DELORES HARRIS

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF YVONNE D. HARRIS SUNRISE SUNSET 7/17/1945 10/6/2022 ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022. GOD IN HIS DIVINE PROVIDENCE SAW FIT TO CALL FROM EARTHLY LABORS, TO HEAVENLY REWARDS, OUR BELOVED MOTHER YVONNE DELORIS HARRIS. SHE WAS A WIFE TO THE (LATE MASTER SGT. JAMES E. HARRIS). SHE WAS ALSO A WONDERFUL MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER. YVONNE D. HARRIS WAS BORN ON JULY 17, 1945, IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS TO THE LATE ELMER & WILLIE CHRISTELL REED. SHE WAS THE FOURTH CHILD OF HER 10 SIBLINGS. AT AN EARLY AGE YVONNE ACCEPTED CHRIST WHILE ATTENDING FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MCKINNEY TEXAS. WHILE LIVING IN MCKINNEY TEXAS SHE ATTENDED E.S. DOTY HIGH SCHOOL. SHE PLAYED THE TROMBONE IN THE MARCHING BAND, WAS THE POINT GUARD FOR HER HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM AND SHE SANG IN THE CHOIR. AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. YVONNE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART ON OCTOBER 19, 1963 JAMES E. HARRIS FROM THIS UNION THEY HAD 2 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, LAWNYA AND CASSANDRA. SHE LATER TRAVELED TO GERMANY TO UNITE WITH HER HUSBAND TO BEGIN HER LIFE AS A MILITARY WIFE. YVONNE MOVED TO WASHINGTON D.C. WHERE SHE STARTED HER CAREER WITH BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. SHE RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD, BUT YVONNE DID NOT STOP THERE SHE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THAT WARM AND GENEROUS PERSONALITY TO THE CUSTOMERS AT XFINITY WHERE SHE REMAINED FOR ANOTHER 12 YEARS OF LIFE BEFORE LEAVING THE WORKFORCE FOR GOOD. YVONNE WAS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AUNTIE, SISTER & FRIEND. SHE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER DAUGHTERS, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND ESPECIALLY HER ROAD DOG, ANTWON. TOGETHER THEY WOULD GO TO THE CASINO AND ALWAYS WIN! SUNDAYS WERE SPENT WITH FAMILY DINNERS AND WATCHING HER DALLAS COWBOYS. YVONNE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER TWO (2) LOVING DAUGHTERS LAWNYA R. PERRY (THOMAS) AND CASSANDRA C. HARRIS (RICO); FOUR (4) GRANDSONS, ANTHONY (SADE), ANTWON, EDWARD (LASHAWN) & AREZ; EIGHT (8) GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, DE'MONTE, DAVIAN, XARIA, JALIYA, ISAIAH, ANTHONY JR, ANGELO & MESSIAH; TWO (2) SISTERS BETTY KATHERINE METTERS (VIRGINIA) & BARBARA LEWIS; FOUR (4) BROTHERS, WILLIAM REED, RONALD REED, RICHARD REED & CHARLES REED (TEXAS); A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER 2 BROTHERS ELMER REED JR. AND CHARLIE MORRIS REED & 2 SISTERS SHIRLEY OLIVER & JANICE HORTON. YVONNE WILL TRULY BE LOVED AND MISSED BY HER FAMILY & FRIENDS.

MRS YVONNE DELORES HARRIS

July 17, 1945 - October 6, 2022