Vaughn Lynel Harris

Vaughn Lynel Harris, 29 DOVER - Vaughn Lynel Harris, born April 25, 1979, to Carolyn Rochester and Johnnie Harris Jr., went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. He was 29. He attended Queen Anne's County Public schools and graduated in June 1997. He continued his education at the Nashville Auto Diesel College in Nashville, Tenn., graduating in 1999. He moved to Florida soon after graduating from college, where he lived for a number of years. When he returned to Maryland, he worked at Food Lion until he found his true passion working construction with JW Walker and Sons of Middletown. Vaughn loved to attend or watch sporting events, especially NASCAR Racing and the Washington Redskins. As a young boy he loved tractor trailers so much that you would often find him riding with Kipp Martin. He also loved to dance, play video games with his sister Charlese, and spend time with his family. Vaughn had a talent for drawing, which he also enjoyed. He was also a first year soccer coach with his son Zachary. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Jennifer of Dover; a son, Jordan Harris of Centreville, Md.; a daughter, Jasmine Dean of Centreville; three step-children, Brittany, Anthony, and Zachary Hobbs, all of Dover; one godson, Ty'rik Brooks; his mother, Carolyn Rochester of Centreville; his father, Johnnie Harris Jr. of Barclay, Md.; godfather, Terrence Brooks; three sisters, Charlese Phillips, Monique and Sierra Harris; two brothers, Khalil Harris and Wallace Sudler; four special brothers, BJ Brooks, Spencer Shorter, Josh Cianciolo, and Joey Tanner; two brothers-in-law, Robert Hobbs and Ronald Benton; maternal grandmother, Cecelia Shorter of Centreville; paternal grandparents, Barbara and Johnnie Harris Sr. of Chestertown, Md.; mother and father-in-law, Yvonne and David Hobbs of Dover; three aunts, Norma "Jeanie" Nickens (Rennie) of Stevensville, Md., Arlene "Auntie" Rochester (Dwaine) of Dover, and Vastina "Aunt T" Fisher (Pete) of Chestertown; five uncles, James "Bunky" Rochester of Church Hill, Md., Gary "Uncle Pig" Harris of Chestertown, Keith Harris of Granby, Mass., Thurston Harris (June) of Barclay, and Vincent Harris of Sudlersville, Md.; several great-aunts and uncles from the Rochester, Shorter, Cheers, Harris, and Pritchett families; and a host of cousins, family, and friends. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Community Church of God in Centreville. Burial will be at Church Hill Cemetery, Church Hill. Arrangements by Bennie Smith Funeral Home.