Jessie Ella Harrison

Jessie Ella Conner Harrison, 97, passed away peacefully Jan. 9 surrounded by her family.

Jessie Ella was born in Hill County, Texas, on Jan. 2, 1913. She graduated from Wingate High School, where her favorite subject was math. On Sept. 25, 1939 she married A.H. ”Bud” Harrison and settled in the Bradshaw community to raise a family. She was an active member of Bradshaw Baptist Church, where she was church clerk for 39 years. After retirement she joined South Side Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas. Her home-cooked meals were legendary. Especially memorable were her coconut cream pies.

Jessie was proceeded in death by her husband; her parents, Ada and Carrol Conner; her sister, Mary Katherine Childers; and brother, Robert Conner.

She is survived by two sons, David (Trish) of Wasilla and Eddie (Rebecca) of Abilene; seven grandchildren, Kati, Cindy (Keath) Hull, Gary, Tarah, Amy, Sarah (Brandon) and Marisa; three great-grandchildren, Madisen, Kennedy and Aidan; and one cousin, Billyevan Benton of Ft. Worth, Texas.

The family requests that memorials be made to Hospice of the Big Country or the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, 4601 Hartford, TX, 79605. Condolences can be offered to the family online at www.pbfuneraldirectors.com.