Ruby Lee Sumner Harris, 88, of West Berrien went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, November 27, 2014, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2014, at Union Grove Church of God in Eldorado with Rev. Todd Garner, Rev. Tommy Dorman and Rev. Joseph L. Crumley officiating. Mrs. Harris will be laid to rest at Oakey Grove Church Cemetery in Berrien County. The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 30, 2014, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mrs. Harris will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.
Donald Harris, Bobby Drawdy, Donnie Drawdy, Lance Golden, Terrell Rutland and Darrell Sumner will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Senior Sunday school class at Union Grove Church of God.
Mrs. Harris was born on November 20, 1926 in Turner County and was the daughter of Henry Sumner and Alice Sandifer Sumner Golden, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by two grandsons, Randy Harris and Albie Shively; two brothers, William Sumner and W. L. Golden; three sisters, Ruth Drawdy, Lena Rutland and Katie Golden; five step-brothers, James Golden, Heston Golden, Clayton Golden, Pleamon Golden and Wylie Golden; and two step-sisters, Nellie Eaton and Maggie Parr. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Grove Church of God for over 45 years.
Mrs. Harris is survived by her husband of 65 years, Olen Harris of West Berrien; one son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Robin Harris of West Berrien; two daughters and a son-in-law, JoAn B. Miller and Glenda and Glenn Snow, all of West Berrien; one brother, Albert Sumner of Eldorado; one sister, Laura Golden of Nashville; a sister-in-law, Juanita Golden of West Berrien; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Angie Evans, Tracie and Jamie Ivey, Janice and Chris Overstreet, Paul Snow, Julie and Billy Jones, Amanda and Greg Luke, Sandy and Jessica Harris and Becky Harris; and 14 great-grandchildren.