Mrs. Laura Lee Waters Harris, 76

Mrs. Laura Lee Waters Harris, 76, of Forest City, went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, December 27, 2023.

Laura was born February 15, 1947, to the late Naomi and John Wilbur Waters. She graduated from East Rutherford High School and attended Limestone College. She worked in banking at Union Trust and BB&T, at Chase High School as a teacher's aide in the Special Education department, and served as a mentor for the McNair Foundation.

Laura began playing piano for Mt. Pleasant Baptist church at the age of nine and continued to play piano and the organ for Sandy Mush Baptist Church and Florence Baptist Church for the next 60 years.

Surviving is her husband, Jimmy Broadus Harris, and her sons, Scott Harris of Forest City, and Chris Harris and wife, Mellony, is of Crozet, VA and two grandchildren.

The funeral was held December 30, 2023, in The Padgett and King Chapel with Rev. Daniel Selman and Rev. Tonya Garrison officiating.

Memorials may be made to Florence Baptist Church, 201 S. Broadway St., Forest City, NC 28043.

An online guest registry is available at www.padgettking.com

Padgett~King Mortuary and Crematory is serving the family.