James Boy" Harrison

HARRISON, Mr. James "Po Boy" "Flat" - Age 65, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland. Family hour 12:30PM Friday, September 24, 2010 at Welcome Missionary Baptist Church, 143 Oneida St., with funeral service commencing immediately at 1PM Pastor Earl O. Crump, eulogist. Pastor Douglas P. Jones, Host Pastor. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, 216 University Dr. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 12:30PM Friday. Mr. Harrison will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 1-8PM Thursday. Mr. Harrison grew up in Montgomery, Alabama and earned money by training horses, he had a great love for horses. He attended high school at Calhoun High School in Calhoun, Alabama and graduated in 1962. He served in the United States Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. Mr. Harrison was employed at General Motors Corporation as a Crane Operator in the foundry for twenty-one years. Mr. Harrison married Jimmie Edna Tipton May 21, 1977. He dedicated a great deal of his time volunteering as a coach for football and basketball. He enjoyed watching the rodeo and loved to dance. He accepted Christ at an early age at the Old Pleasant Valley Church in Lowndes County Alabama. James became a dedicated member of Door of Faith Ministries, here in Pontiac in 1999. He was a member of the Usher Ministry. Loving husband of Jimmie Tipton-Harrison for 33 years; father of Jameka, Stacia and James Harrison, Jr, , Terry Tipton, Latresha and Atalaya Walker; twenty four grandchildren; six great grandchildren; siblings, Jennie Hill-Williams (Frank), Ethel May Tyler, Doris Mills, Hattie Hudgens, A. C. Bibb, Eunice Knox, Ocie Richardson, Thomas (Elaine) Bibb, Eunice Knox, Thomas (Elaine) Bibb, Johnny (Bernadette) Bibb, Bettie (Anthony) Borden, Patricia Bibb, Sammie (Mary) Bibb, Ersula (Betty) Bibb, and Elsie Rice; and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.; two special grandsons, Roderick Mullen Jr and Erion Tipton. Mr. Harrison was preceded in death by parents, Johne Bibb and Annie Harrison; two children, Monique "Dee Dee" Tipton, Charles "Baldy" Manning Jr.; siblings, Archie and Arthur Harrison; and Bernice Montgomery.