COMMERCE – Bunyon Harrison, Jr., 82, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Harrison was born in Commerce, the son of the late Bunyon Harrison Sr. and Lois Kelser Harrison. Mr. Harrison was a retired construction worker and a member of Hurricane Grove Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. Mr. Harrison was preceded in death by sons, Timothy and Roger Harrison; sister, Betty Rucker; and brothers-in-law, Charles Rucker and James Branch, Sr.
Survivors include his wife, Maggie Lee Varnum Harrison, Commerce; son, Gregory Harrison (Debra), Greenville, S.C.; daughter, Debra Kay Rucker (Steve), Commerce; grandchildren, Christopher Rucker (Ashley), and Alexis and Isaiah Harrison; great-granddaughter, Korie Kate Rucker; brothers, John Harrison (Sarah), Floyd Harrison (Glenda), and Jack Harrison (Shirley), all of Commerce; sisters, Dorothy Branch, Charlotte, N.C. and Mary Yancey (Rev. Mark), Commerce.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m., from Hurricane Grove Baptist Church with the interment following in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, March 13, from 6 to 7 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.