Rita Jean Harris passed away Feb. 22, 2025. Rita was born on Oct. 27,1943 in Shawnee, OK. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1961. On Mar. 9, 1962, she married John Harris at Trinity Baptist Church in Shawnee, Ok. She was the administrator at Sunset Estates Nursing Home in El Reno, OK.
Rita is survived by her three children: Lydia Harris, John Harris Jr. and Jerry Harris Sr. all of Tecumseh, OK; her sisters: Vinita Harris of Shawnee and Frances Moore of Tecumseh; grandchildren: Tiffany Schuringa, Amanda Alldredge, Jennifer Aebischer, Jerry Harris, Jr., Jacob Harris, Wesley Robertson, Brandon Morrison; 19 great grandchildren; and six great great-grandchildren; She was preceded in death by her great-grandson, Donald Alldredge Jr. and her husband of 53 years, Johnie Lee Harris.
Services were held Feb. 27, 2025 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Keith Ward, Taproot Church, Shawnee, OK officiating. Burial followed at New Hope Cemetery, Meeker, OK under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
