Cecil Joseph Harrison, 81 of Columbus, MS passed away Monday, May 07, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be Thursday, May 10. 2018 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM with Bro. James Gardner officiating.  Interment will be in Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery, Columbus, MS with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Harrison was born March 30, 1937, to the late Jessie Lee Harrison, Sr. and Etta C. Stokes Harrison Herron in Liberty, Pickens County, AL.  He was self-employed as a paint contractor and retired in 1999.  Mr. Harrison was a member of Living Faith Tabernacle, Columbus, MS.  When he was younger he enjoyed boxing as he got older he enjoyed traveling, hunting, and fishing.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Harrison was preceded in death by his wife – Jessie Marie Brooks Harrison.

Mr. Harrison is survived by his daughter – Linda Latham, Columbus, MS; step-daughter – Rose Marie Hill, Edwards, MS; sisters – Sandra Harrison, Ukiah, CA, Mary Nell Reeves, Columbus, MS, Shirley Baldwin, Starkville, MS and Christine Williams, Starkville, MS; brothers – Jimmy Harrison, Ukiah, CA, George Allen Herron, Columbus, MS and Johnny Herron, AL; grandchildren – William, J. Latham and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Johnny Herron, Robbie Owens, Chad Harrison, Jay Ferguson, Frank David Harrison and Simon McGrew; honorary pallbearers will be James Frye, Doug Phillips, Bud Phillips, Dustin Hallman, Dr. Bart Williams, Dr. Robert Buckley, Dr. McCoy and the staff of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Emergency Room.

Memorials may be made to Lowndes Funeral Home, c/o Cecil Harrison Memorial Fund, 1131 N. Lehmberg Rd., Columbus, MS  39702.