Brody Clifton Harris III Obituary.
Posted by Harris Funeral Home &
Cremations, Inc, Live Oak, Fla. Brody C. Harris, III, "Chip", age 72, of
Live Oak, FL, passed away Thursday, July 21st, 2022 at Tampa General
Hospital in Tampa, FL following a sudden illness, surrounded by his loving
family. Chip, as he was known by his family and friends, was born in Live
Oak, FL on March 4, 1950, as the third child, and first son, of four
children of Brody C. Harris, JR and Dorothy Wright Harris.
Chip was
raised in and around the funeral business all of his life. As a teenager he
started working with his dad, learning all aspects of the funeral business.
He graduated from Suwannee High School in 1968, and earned a scholarship to
play football at Florida State University for one year, and then was
recruited by Ft. Scott Community College where he stood out amongst other
Junior College players, and was the first quarterback to be inducted in the
Ft. Scott Community College Hall of Fame. In 1969, Chip passed for 29
touchdown passes, more than any other quarterbacks in the nation! After
college, Chip returned home and decided to go to Mortuary College to get
his funeral directors license and embalmers license. After graduating with
honors from Gupton Jones Mortuary College in 1978, he came home to marry
the former Debbie Owen.
Chip and Debbie were married June 9, 1978, and
took over Harris Funeral Home from his parents so they could retire. Debbie
worked alongside her husband as his secretary and took great pride in
helping those in need through very difficult times in their lives. Chip and
Debbie want you to know how humble and honored they have been to be able to
serve you.
Chip was a member of the Paul Harris Fellow Rotary Club,
Barrett Lodge #43, Live Oak Shrine Club, and the Morocco Temple. He is in
the Suwannee High Hall of Fame for football and baseball, and was the first
quarterback to be inducted. He was Honorable Mention All American in Junior
College, and Ft. Scott Community College Hall of Fame Inaugural Class.
He is predeceased by his parents, Brody C. Harris, JR and Dorothy Harris;
and his fur grand-dog Chief.
He is survived by his loving wife of forty
four years, Debbie Owen Harris, Live Oak; three children, Brody C. Harris
IV and wife Aimee, Acworth, Ga, Natalie Brown and husband Bryan,
Crawfordville, FL, and Tyler Harris and Amanda, Jacksonville, FL; two
sisters Darlyne Beaudoin and husband Richard, Jacksonville, FL, Kathy
Carter and husband Sam, Live Oak, FL, and Halford Harris and wife Paula,
Live Oak, FL; five grandchildren, Lilly, Zoe, and Palmer Harris, Acworth,
GA, and Brody and Raelynn Brown, Crawfordville, FL; and his fur grand-dog
Mahi.
