Elbert Lamar Harbour

(October 13, 1937 – August 14, 2021)

Graveside funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Hazlehurst City Cemetery in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, for Elbert Lamar Harbour, 83 of Collins, who passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at his home.

Brother Hal Hatten will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Hazlehurst City Cemetery in Hazlehurst.  Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3302 Highway 49, Collins, Mississippi 39428.

Pallbearers will be Andrew Purser, Dalton Knight, Trey Chapman, Scott Dean, Clayton Williams, Randy Barnes, Aaron Graham, and Todd Eldridge.

Mr. Harbour was born on October 13, 1937, in DeKalb, Mississippi.  He was a member of Willow Grove Baptist Church in Collins, Mississippi.  He loved his church family and making sure he attended church when he was able.  He served our country in the United States Air Force.  He enjoyed coon hunting, riding horses, spending time in the outdoors, and most of all spending time with his family.  He will be greatly missed by his loving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his two wives, Carolyn Blakeney Harbour the mother of his children, and Ruth Puckett Eldridge Harbour; father, Roscoe Harbour; mother, Lois Dean White; and one brother, Sonny Harbour.

Survivors include his loving wife,  Julia Graham Harbour of Collins; two daughters, Lois Harbour Knight of Hazlehurst, and Amanda Harbour Purser and her husband, Jimmy, of Purvis; five step-children, Angielynn  Barnes and her husband, Randy, of DeKalb, Todd Eldridge and his wife, Christy, of Collinsville, Aaron Graham and his wife, Jan, of Collins, Judy Williams of Collins, and Lisa Blesse and her husband, Steven, of Hattiesburg; three grandchildren, Alayne Harbour Purser of Purvis, Andrew Bennett Purser and his wife, Shelby, of Purvis, and Dalton Lamar Knight and his wife, Hannah, of Oxford; and a host of step-grandchildren, family members, and friends.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com