Mr. Daral D. Harris

DARAL D HARRIS "JACK " AGE 63 OF ALTON IL WAS BORN JULY 24, 1961; IN ROSEDALE, MS TO ZITTIE B. HARRIS AND ABRAHAM (LOUIS) KING. JACK PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME ON JANUARY 8, 2025. AT THE AGE OF 9 JACK WAS BAPTIZED AT TABERNACLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ALTON IL. ON MARCH 2,2013 JACK GAVE HIS LIFE BACK TO THE LORD AT MONROE MEMORIAL CHURCH IN ALTON IL. JACK"S PASSING HAS BROUGHT MANY TEARS, BUT HEAVEN HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER ANGEL. JACK WAS EDUCATED IN THE ALTON SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1979. HE SERVED 4 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1979 TO 1983. JACK WAS A PROUD VETERAN HE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS FREE MEAL AT GOLDEN CORRAL. HE WENT ON TO DEDICATE OVER 30 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION WORK. HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED FOR HIS DEDICATION AND PASSION FOR REMODELING HOMES, PAINTING, AND PLUMBING FOR OTHERS. IN HIS FREE TIME, HE ENJOYED TALKING AND LAUGHING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, RELAXING AT HOME WHILE WATCHING A GOOD WESTERN. HE ENJOYED WATCHING PERRY MASON AND WAS CONVINCED THAT PERRY MASON WAS A REAL ATTORNEY AND ALSO LOVED A GOOD SIDNEY POITIER FLICKS. IN HIS EARLY 20’S AND 30’S HE ENJOYED ROLLER SKATING, PLAYING BASKETBALL, AND DRAWING. HE WAS A VERY TALENTED ARTIST. MOST OF ALL HE CHERISHED SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. JACK'S TWO DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE THE CENTER OF HIS WORLD. JACK LOVED PEOPLE IN GENERAL. IN ADDITION TO HIS BELOVED MOTHER, ZITTIE B. HARRIS AND FATHER ABRAHAM (LOUIS) KING, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDPARENTS SARAH L. AND RAY BUCHANAN, LOVING AUNTS EMMA J. STANTON (HERBY) AND EDNA E. BUCHANAN, SISTER IRMA JEAN KING BROTHER, FRED D. KING (DOROTHY) OF CLEVELAND MS, NEPHEWS QUINCY JAMAL HARRIS OF ALTON AND ROBERT HAYWOOD OF CLEVELAND MS. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS TWO DAUGHTERS TAWANDA C. HARRIS (LATORY) AND TAYLOR N. HARRIS OF ALTON. THREE GRANDCHILDREN KY’AIRE M. LONDON, CAMERON L. LEE PARKER, AND CARMEN L. PARKER. EIGHT SISTERS BETTY HARRIS, CATHERINE HARRIS, OLIVIA (VICTOR) LACEY ALL OF ALTON MARY K. KING-FLAKES (THEATIS), EVELYN THOMAS, HESTER JONES (JAMES) OF CLEVELAND MS, MARILYN KING-HOBBS (DAVIE) OF CLARKSDALE, MS AND PRISCILLA WILLIAMS (REDMOND) OF FORT WORTH, TX. SIX BROTHERS DENNIS E. HARRIS, EVERY LEE. HARRIS, MARLON T. HARRIS ALL OF ALTON AND ABE KING JR. (BERNICE) OF YAZOO CITY, MS; MICHAEL KING (CALANDRA) OF CLEVELAND, MS; JACK F. KING (VICTORIA) OF CLARKSDALE MS. SPECIAL FRIEND TERESA HENRY OF ALTON. GOD DAUGHTER SARAI HENRY A.K.A RAYUH AND GOD GRANDCHILDREN BRAYLYN, SYLVIA, RAYNE AND TALIAH AND THREE STEPCHILDREN CHRIS CHAMPMAN, CAVETA CHAMPMAN AND CODI, AND FRIENDS.

Mr. Daral D. Harris

July 24, 1961 - January 8, 2025