Buford Carlton "Sonny" Harrison Jr.

Funeral Services Celebrating the life of Mr. Buford Carlton Harrison Jr., 74 of Winnsboro, LA will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at the Apostolic Tabernacle Church in Winnsboro, LA with Rev. Michael Couch and Rev. Jonathan Prather officiating. Interment will follow in the Apostolic Tabernacle Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 P.M. until Service Time at the church under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro, LA.

Mr. Harrison was born on October 10, 1946 in Ripley, TN, the son of the late Buford Harrison and Carrie Dale (Johnson) Harrison, and passed away at his residence on September 12, 2021. Sonny served as a sergeant in the US Air Force RECAF, and was stationed in Turkey. Sonny was a retired over the road truck driver. He married Velma (Lorene) Harrison of Dyersburg, TN on June 27, 1970. Sonny was a member of the Apostolic Tabernacle and is preceded in death by his parents, and one granddaughter, Hanna Hilburn.

Survivors include his wife, Velma Harrison of Winnsboro, LA; two daughters, Sheila Stewart of Junction, IL and Christi Prather and husband, John of Harrisburg, IL; son, Joseph Harrison of Winnsboro, LA; five sisters, Sylvia Hale of Parksville, MO, Ellen Beauton Nichols of Ripley, TN, Carolyn DeLeo and husband, Sam of Clearwater, FL, Jane Connell and husband, Don of Ripley, TN, and Rosemary Jackson and husband, Johnny of Arlington, TN; ten grandchildren, Shane Hilburn, Julie Horton, Courtney Hilburn, Whitney Hilburn, Ashley Harrison, Carla Adams, Joanna Harrison, Joseph Harrison, Melissa Harrison, and John Michael Prather; and five great grandchildren, Kaydence, Kylah, Kayson, Kelton, and Braxton.

Pallbearers will be John Michael Prather, Dakota Mixon, Paul Dale Mixon, Michael Rockhold, David Rockhold, and Robert Hall. Honorary Pallbearer will be Mac Parker.