Violet Rhea Harris

1938 - 2018  (79 years)

• Name	Violet Rhea Harris
  Born	4 Jun 1938	Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Feb 2018	Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	28 Feb 2018	Smith Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	I19703	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Andrew Lee Harris
  Mother	Bertie Lee Ireland
  Family ID	F6993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charles A. Wilkey,   b. 24 Jun 1936, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Dec 1978, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. Ernestine Wilkey   2. Sandra Wilkey   3. Victor Lovern Wilkey,   b. 28 Jun 1965, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 May 2015, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 49 years)   4. Albert Wilkey   5. Darvin Wilkey
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F7264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Bruce Grant
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F10229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Obituary. June 4, 1938 ~ February 25, 2018 Violet Rhea Wilkey Grant, 79, of Soddy-Daisy, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018. She was a Christian and a gospel singer/songwriter with the Harris Sisters and taught Sunday School. Violet was a teacher at Daisy Head Start and Bakewell Head Start. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles Wilkey and Bruce Grant; son, Victor Wilkey; parents, Andy and Bertie Harris; brothers, Lonnie and Ronnie Harris and sisters, Gaynell Ward and Betty Meschon. Survivors are her sons, Albert Wilkey (Donna) and Darvin Wilkey (Kim); daughters, Sandra Smith (Gerald) and Ernestine Perkey (Jerry); brothers, Donnie Harris and Sherman Harris; sisters, Vivian Hackler, Linda Ward, Anda Harris and Nata Poston; 16 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. Services will be on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Troy Simmons officiating. Burial will follow at Smith Cemetery with her grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation is Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Special thank you to her sitter Nekia and to Melissa and Rhonda with Hearth Hospice and to her special caregivers her granddaughters, Amanda and Tonya. Condolences and memories can be shared at www.williamsonandsons.com. Arrangements are by Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379.