Lorene Harris was born in Lutts, Tennessee in 1927 and died February 11, 2024, at North Alabama Medical Center in Florence, Alabama. Visitation will be Friday, February 16 at Williams Funeral Home 12:30 -2:00 pm. The service will immediately follow, and burial will be in Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens.
Lorene was preceded in death by her father, Floyd Patterson, mother, Elizabeth Brewer Patterson, and stepmother Ruth Wright Patterson. Her husbands, John Dewey Harris (June 1950-Jan 1997) and John W. Davis (Sept 1997-Jan 2016); four brothers Herbert, Paul, Ganes, and Roger Patterson, and two sisters Dorothy Worrell and Kathy Patterson.
Surviving Lorene is her daughter Carolyn Harris Frye, three sisters Marjorie Davis, Genneve McCrary, and Martha Scott as well as three brothers Donald, Jerry, and Elton Patterson. She also left behind seven grandchildren Carissa Cook (Greg), Christopher Frye, Elizabeth Collinsworth (Gary), Troy Frye (Amy), Jeremy Frye (Andrea), Jacob Frye (Amanda), and Raychael Drake (Brian) as well as thirteen great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Lorene, born a farmgirl in Lutts, Tennessee, always desired to be a homemaker, wife, and mother; a role that she happily fulfilled most of her adult life. Lorene was a Christian who loved her Heavenly Father, regularly attended church services, and took solace in her faith. As a teen and a member of the “Greatest Generation”, she supported the war effort as a welder in a shipyard in Mobile, AL prompting her daughter to refer to her as a real “Rosie the Riveter”. She was a member of Faith Church. In her later years, Lorene was a resident of Brentwood Assisted Living where she became a resident favorite with her infectious laughter, love of music, and dancing.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation.
