Austin Harris
Austin Blake Harris, 26, of Tiptonville passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Dyersburg.
Funeral services were conducted 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Jacky Goad officiated. Burial followed in Meacham Cemetery near Newbern.
Visitation was held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday and from 1 p.m. until the hour of services Sunday.
Pallbearers were Will Simmons, Stuart Watson, Brennan Whaley, Christian Bloxon, Chris Jackson, Cody Powers, Aiden Yarbro and Chase Coleman.
Austin was born April 23, 1998, in Dyersburg, son of William “Bill” Goad and Misty Harris Yarbro (James).
He worked for Ermco as a welder/fabricator in Dyersburg. He graduated in 2016 from Obion County Central High School, where he was a member of the OC Anglers. Austin learned his welding skills at OCCHS and went on to compete in the SkillsUSA Championship. He loved riding motorcycles, fishing and hunting. He was also a member of Samburg Pentecostal Church.
He is also survived by his daughter, Kinsleigh Harris, and her mother, Shelby Qualls of Union City; two sisters, Carleigh Goad Stallings (Ethan) of Tiptonville and Haley Purvis (Austin) of Trenton; one brother, Aiden Yarbro of Martin; one nephew, Wyatt Cameron Stallings of Tiptonville; grandparents, Barry and Patty Harris of Obion, Billy Jack and Hellen Goad of Ripley and Joyce Swearengin of Lamar, Miss.; and several aunts and uncles.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Melinda Harris, William Yarbro and Ron Swearengin.
Published in The Messenger on 7.10.24