Willie Lou

Harris-Lamar

Mrs. Willie Lou "TEEN" Harris-Lamar was born on February 4, 1944, to the late Willie and the late Bessie Harris in Concord, Georgia. She accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age and was united with and baptized at Old Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Concord, Georgia. Teen attended Pike County Consolidated High School, where she graduated with the Class of 1963. After high school, Teen met and married Mr. Willie Bob Holloway, who preceded her in death. Their union was blessed with three children.

Teen began working for American Mills, after getting married in 1963, and later on she began working for Dundee Mills, where she worked until she retired. Teen was later was joined in holy matrimony with James Lamar to whom she stayed happily married until his death in 2021.

Mrs. Willie Lou Harris-Lamar, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her loving husband James Lamar; her parents, Willie and Bessie Harris; son, Anthony "Pokey" Holloway; two sisters, Little Ruth Harris, and Virginia Harris, and her brother, Horace "Jimmy" Harris.

Mrs. Willie Lou "Teen" Harris Lamar leaves to cherish her loving memories her three loving and devoted children, Willie (Tabitha) Holloway, Christopher Holloway, Katrina Reid; two stepchildren, Derwin (Jean) Lamar, and Cynthia (Genius) Fuller; a bonus son, Winfred Reid, Jr; three sisters, Joann (Marvin) Leeks, Margaret Dowdell, and Burndean Harris. She also leaves a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends that will miss her dearly.

Visitation for Mrs. Lamar will be held on Thursday, December 15, 2022, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Burden's Funeral Home. A Home Going Celebration will be held on Friday, December 16, 2022, at 11:00AM at Mt. Calvary Church located at 717 Old Zebulon Rd in Milner. The body will lie in state at the Church one hour prior to the service hour. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Church Cemetery.