Jimmy Harrison

Jimmy Lee Harrison, 84, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, was a member of Flatwoods and Ward St. Churches of Christ and formerly worked as a manager of a copper plant.  He was born in Evening Shade, Arkansas and served in the U.S. Army.  Jimmy loved playing guitar, especially at the Hardy Junction Music Hall, and was a master builder of cedar chests and "byrd" houses. Services for Jimmy will be Sunday, December 22, in the chapel of Tri-County Funeral Home at Highland with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. and funeral following at 2 p.m.  Dr. Jerry Ellis will officiate.  Burial will be in Evening Shade Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Nancy Marie (Presley) Harrison; sons: Jimmy Lee Jr. of Calamine, Arkansas, and Jeffrey (Tina) Harrison of Wynne; daughters: Lisa (Eugene) McIntosh and Donna Harrison, both of Wynne; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; brothers: Ben and Wendell; many other relatives and good friends. Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents, John Powell and Fannie Marie (Byrd) Harrison; brothers: Billy, David, and Larry; sisters: Ida Jones and Gelinda Evans; and a grandson, Harrison Scott McIntosh. Arrangements are with Tri-County Funeral Home of Highland, Arkansas.