Lennis Warren Harris Jr.

Lennis Warren Harris, Jr. was born on January 29, 1981 to Mr. and Mrs. Lennis W. Harris, Sr. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lennis was the only son and leaves behinda younger sister, Staci Lynnette Harris. Lennis departed this life on November 19, 2005.
Lennis attended Durham public schools, and he was an outgoing individual. He attended Pearsontown Elementary School and Merrick-Moore Elementary School. He won the fifth grade Spelling Bee and represented his school in the Durham County Spelling Bee. Lennis loved to read and with his Spelling Bee prize of one hundred dollars, he purchased more books. Lennis enjoyed and excelled in sports. Lennis entered Neal Middle School and played football, basketball and ran track. He was a member of the Durham Striders Track Club and was an active member of various AAU basketball teams. Lennis was an outstanding player on Hillside High School's basketball team. Lennis graduated from Hillside High School in 1999. He attended St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina and North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina.
Lennis had a deep love for his family and friends. Lennis always had a laugh or smile for anyone in his presence. He was especially close to his cousins. His immediate family includes: his parents, Marsha Hayes Harris of Durham and Lennis Warren Harris, Sr. (Donna-maria) of Wake Forest; his sister, Staci Lynnette Harris of Durham; stepbrothers, Gary Collins and Blair Williams, both of Wake Forest; his grandfather, Nathaniel W. Hayes, Sr. (Priscilla) of Thomasville, NC, Sonnie Harris, Sr.; step-grandmother, Portia Harris of Durham; grandmothers, Dora Elizabeth Hayesand Mearl Parker Harris; uncles, Nathaniel W. Hayes, Jr. (Patricia) of Stafford, VA, Sonny Harris, Jr. (Martha) of Durham, Frank Harris of Durham, Andre Harris (Phyllis) of Kennesaw, GA; aunts, Claudia Skinner (Linwood, Sr.) of Raleigh, Natalie Hayes of Washington, DC, and Veronica Hopkins-Garrett of Durham; cousins, Linwood Skinner, Jr. of Winston-Salem, Johnathan Skinner, Kevin Hayes of Stafford, VA, Randy Hayes of Stafford, VA, Andrea Harris of Durham, Malcolm Cook of Tulsa, OK, Andre Harris, Jr., Ryan Harris, and Ariel Harris, all of Kennesaw, GA, Randy Garrett, Miranda Garrett, Devin Hopkins, all of Durham, Torico Carr of Maryland, and Takierra Hopkins of Charlotte; Rikayla Dixon and Little Nate Dixon of Washington D.C., Debra Hayes-Hughes, Alesia Fleming (Deymon), Norman Hayes (Nikki), all of Stone Mountain, GA; Teresa Crawford (Gerald) of Washington, DC, Milton Hilliard (Wylana) of Fort Washington, MD; great-aunts, Shirley Hayes of Greensboro, Beulah Hilliard of Ft. Washington, MD, Lillian Turrentine, Eunice Dunn, Gaynelle Cates, Lois Jean Roberts, Annie McBroom, and Gladys Davis, all of Durham, Eunice Parker of Bahama, NC, Juanita Taylor, Wanda Lewis, Josephine Apperwhite of Boston, MA and a very special cousin, Larry Turrentine (Venice) of Greensboro and a host of other family and friends.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at WhiteRock Baptist Church, 3400 Fayetteville St.
Family visitation one hour prior to service. Burial, Glennview Memorial Park.
Public viewing, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at Fisher Funeral Parlor.
Arrangements by Fisher Funeral Parlor.