With immense gratitude and love Roosevelt Harris Ir. was born on January 21,

1947. He was the second born of Martha and Roosevelt Harris in Boydton,

Virginia. He was blessed to enter the world by his great-great grandmother

Sue who was a trained midwife. His nickname "June" was from his parents,

which highlights his status as a junior to his father Roosevelt. June was

baptized at Rocky Mount Baptist Church in Skipwith, Virginia in a lake nearby

the church. The family moved to Baltimore, Maryland when June was six

vears old. He then became a member of Central Baptist Church.

June worked for Nabisco Company as a truck driver for over two decades (37

years). He was the first Black truck driver for Nabisco in Baltimore and their

second Black employee. June took great pride in his job and loved driving. He

was a master of navigating the back roads all over Maryland, cleverly

nicknamed the "human GPS." While working at Nabisco he received several

performance awards. He decided to perfect some of his skills by studying at

Westside Skill Center acquiring a specialization in cementation. After retiring

from Nabisco he began working at Cody Smith Bail Bonds for several years

alongside his life partner Maude (Geraldine)

Maude "Geraldine" Crowder and June first met as young children, but

officially began dating when Geraldine was 14 years old. They were childhood

sweethearts who humbly married on June 21, 1967 at home with a local

pastor. Their relationship thrived off of family events, spades, laughter,

dancing, unconditional love and storytelling for 55 years! Their union led to

the joyful birth of two children Derrick Harris (Monique) and Ravcol Harris

(preceded him in death). They raised and cared for their granddaughter

Raigan Downer who they adopted as their daughter.

June was an immense lover of world history and current events. He also

enjoyed watching westerns as a favorite pastime and reading informative

books. He found great joy in working on and owning classic cars. His two

favorite cars were his red and black 1964 convertible Chevrolet Impala SS

409/425 and his 1968 metallic midnight blue Camaro.

June was an informally trained mechanic by his uncles Ralph

Ivons and the late Otis Lyons. In his later years purchased the

well remembered red, white and blue fully equipped van for his

family and friends. They enjoyed many long distance trips

throughout the East coast. He was a free-spirit who also owned a

motorcycle.

Tune possessed a calm, innovative, loving spirit that truly valued

unity and peace. He wore many hats but the one he cherished the

most was Pop-Pop. He truly loved and adored all children, but

mainly spent time with his grandchildren teaching them the

value of life and spoiling them. His legacy and spirit shall live on

within them; Anthony Harris, Morgan Harris, Ashley Harris,

Ramon Harris and his "Heartbeat" Demi Miller his great

grandchild (Raycol Harris grandchild). He frequently said that

Demi revived his spirit and gave him strength to live. She truly

was his pride and joy.

June's love will live on and through his four siblings Gracie Scott

(Robert) Linda Stansbury (Gregory), Willie J. Harris and Mark

Harris. His younger brother Marvin Harris preceded him in

death. His loving in-laws Peggie Davis (Ronald precede him in

death), Marcia McDowell (Charles), Stanlev Crowder (Deneen), his

God children Felicia Mayo (Jeffrey) and Walter Bryant (Anjanette),

and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles and aunts.

His final wish was for all generations in the family to remain

unified and aware that "iron strengthens iron."

He spent some of his final days providing a wealth of family

history. He was a walking talking library. May we as a family use

the information he has instilled in us to grow our family to its

fullest potential.