Connie Dee Harrison

On Thursday, June 21, 2018, Connie Dee Harrison gracefully stepped into the arms of her Lord and Savior. She was surrounded by her family. Connie was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a devout believer as well as an ordained minister. She loved spending time with her family. She was also very passionate about political issues, as she felt blessed to be an American.



Connie is preceded in death by her mother, Doris Presley. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, John Albert Harrison and her children, John Allen (Misti), Shelly Harrison Jones and Jason (Jessica) Harrison. She will also be lovingly remembered by her father, Alvin Griffith and his wife Alma, as well as her grandchildren, Nicholas (Fallon) and Kyle (Katie) Stearns, Heather (Devon) Strohmeyer, and Makayla Harrison.



Her siblings, Vicki (Bill) Eberhardt, Sue (Brad) Qualls, Curt (Cindy) Presley, Larry (Amy) Presley, Billy Griffith, Marcia Rock, Shawn Michael Griffith, and Denise Presswood will forever love their sister, Connie.



This dear lady will be missed by five precious great-grandchildren, Drake, Marley, Cambrie, Emma and Cooper Strohmeyer.



Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 at Meredith Funeral Home, Carbondale. Burial to follow at McKinney Hill Cemetery, Carbondale. Visitation will be from

5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Monday, June 25 at the funeral home. A shorter visitation will be held Tuesday morning before the service. Pastor Jason Harrison will be officiating.



In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that memorials be made to New Life Church of Carbondale. (P.O. Box 1532, Carbondale, IL, 62903.) Envelopes will be provided at the funeral home as well.