OBITUARY
Yuel Gabor Harris, 66, of San Angelo, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 14, 2025.
Public viewing will be from 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM on Friday, Nobember 21, 2025 with the family recieving friends from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Robert Massie Riverside Chapel. Arrangements and Cremation is under the direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home.
Yuel was born in Lamesa on April 18, 1959, to Willie Pearl (Jackson) Harris and Bill Roy Harris. Yuel grew up and attended school in San Angelo, where he graduated from Central High School in 1978.
As the middle child of seven children, Yuel was known to be the handyman at a very young age. Upon receiving a ladybug toy as a small child, Yuel quickly took apart the toy and put it back together to see how it worked. This was the beginning of his passion to be able to fix any and everything.
Yuel married his high school sweetheart and best friend, Detra, on February 14, 1981. Together they had three children, LaCresha, Shuntaya & Micheal. Although they divorced, Yuel & Detra remained best friends until the end.
Yuel was the type of father that dropped everything to be there for his children, day or night. A father that would give his last of anything to make sure his children had everything. A father that poured his heart into making sure they knew they were always loved and supported. This love for his children overflowed into his love for his grandchildren, who he showed up for every single day.
Yuel worked most of his years as an appliance technician. He spent 20+ years at Sears, followed by 14 years at Commercial Appliance, four years at Kuntz Appliance and then returned to Commercial Appliance for the last seven years. Yuel was everyone’s handyman. He could fix anything and he would always show up when you called. He will be greatly missed by his community.
Most of all, Yuel was the smile that lit up every room he entered. He was a stranger to no one and was loved dearly by everyone! He spent his days caring for family and was the greatest example of a loving father, grandfather, son, brother & friend.
Yuel was preceded in death by his father, Bill Roy Harris, his sister, Yulanda McDowell, and his mother & father-in-law, Samuel Green Jr. & Marjorie Green.
Left to cherish his memory are his mother, Willie Pearl Wesson; his siblings, Sheila Henry, Quinton Harris, Dwight Harris (Janice), Orlando Harris & Phoebe Evans (Richard); his best friend and life partner, Detra Harris; his children, LaCresha Harris, Shuntaya Butler (Stephen), & Micheal Harris (Mayra); grandchildren, Zoriah St Mary, Anthony St Mary, Anyssa St Mary, Darrell Eagle Jr., Kai’Lyrise Eagle, Kylyric Eagle, Jaliyah Butler, Jayven Butler, Mya Pedersen, Yuel Harris and Harlem Harris; along with a host of additional family and friends.
— From Robert Massie Funeral Home
