Howard Harris Funeral Services

11/09/2025

11/09/2025

🕊️ Celebrating the Life of William Gadsden

View William Gadsden's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

11/08/2025

🕊️ To be absent from the body, is to be present with The Lord.

🕊️ We pause to announce the passing of Mrs. Cora Broom, who bid this world goodbye on October 30, 2025.

🕊️ Official Funeral Arrangements are as follows below. Please continue to keep the family in your prayers.

🕊️ If you desire to send a Bereavement Arrangement, you may purchase directly from our website: www.howardharrisfs.com

🕊️ TO OFFER CONDOLENCES, PLEASE VISIT:
https://www.howardharrisfs.com/obituaries/mrs-cora-broom

11/05/2025

Here’s the calm way to make sure a voice you love doesn’t disappear when a phone plan changes.

Before you switch or cancel anything, open the phone and play each voicemail once so it fully downloads. If the line is about to be shut off, ask the carrier to keep it active for a few extra days. It’s much easier to save messages while the account is live.

On iPhone, open the Phone app, tap Voicemail, choose the message, then use the Share button. Send it to yourself by email or save it to Files so it lands in iCloud Drive. You can also AirDrop it to a computer. If the message is in Voice Memos instead of Voicemail, use the same Share button there and save it as a file. Most iPhones will save as .m4a, which is perfect.

On Android, open the Phone app and long-press the voicemail you want. If you see Save or Export, use it and choose Drive or your device’s Files app. If your model doesn’t offer export, put the phone on speaker and record it with the built-in Voice Recorder app, or use Google’s free Recorder if you have it. That will create a clear .m4a or .wav you can keep.

Make one safe place for everything. A simple setup is a folder called “Voicemails – [Their Name]” in Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive. Mirror that same folder on a computer or an external USB drive so you have two copies. Cloud plus one physical copy is the goal.

Name the files so future you can find them in seconds.

An easy way to do this:

Start with the date (year-month-day), then the person, then a few words about the moment. Keep it all lowercase with underscores so it’s easy to read on any device.

Once you’ve saved everything, share the folder with one other trusted person. If you want a keepsake, we can combine the messages into a single “listening track,” even out the volume, and add a simple title card so your family can play it on anniversaries without hunting through files.

11/03/2025

🕊️ To be absent from the body, is to be present with The Lord.

🕊️ We pause to announce the passing of Andrea Turner-Pagan,63,who bid this world goodbye on October 27, 2025.

🕊️ Official Funeral Arrangements are as follows below. Please continue to keep the family in your prayers.

🕊️ If you desire to send a Bereavement Arrangement, you may purchase directly from our website: www.howardharrisfs.com

🕊️ TO OFFER CONDOLENCES, PLEASE VISIT:
https://www.howardharrisfs.com/obituaries/andrea-turner-pagan

10/31/2025

🕊️ Remembering JaMony R.
Phillips-Latimore

* please visit our website for all service information, condolences or to purchase flowers for the family.
www.howardharrisfs.com

10/23/2025

Preneed means you make the plan now so your family isn’t guessing later.

It has two parts:

First, your wishes. Burial or cremation. Quiet or full service. Music, photos, who speaks.

Second, how it’s covered. You can pay now. You can pay monthly. Or you can simply record the plan and pay later. If you choose to fund it, the money goes into a state regulated insurance or trust account and we track it.

Why do people do this? Because 2 a.m. decisions are hard. When the time comes, your family can say, “This is exactly what mom wanted,” and move forward without arguments. Some items can be price guaranteed. Things like cemetery fees, newspaper placements, and death certificates usually are not.

Worried you might move? Ask about transfer and portability. Most plans can go with you. We walk you through how that works before you sign anything.

Have Medicaid questions? Preneed can help with spend down in some situations. The rules are specific, so we coordinate with your advisor or attorney to set it up correctly. We are not giving legal or financial advice. We are making sure the paperwork matches the rules.

Here is what the appointment feels like. We ask burial or cremation. We show two clear paths, a simple service and a full service. You choose how you want to handle payment, whether now, monthly, or plan only. We print a one page summary so everyone is on the same page. You leave lighter.

Good questions to bring. What is guaranteed and what is not. Is this transferable if we move. What happens if I pass before payments end. If there is money left over, who receives it.

Bottom line. Preneed is not about buying a funeral. It is about giving your family a calm, clear map on a day that will not feel calm. If you want to see how simple it can be, message us “preneed” and we will set a short, no pressure chat.