In profound sorrow we the Management & Staff of Turnbull's Funeral Home & Crematory Services announce the passing of Clarence Harris, 82, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands who passed away Sunday, May 10, 2026.

Clarence was born on January 17, 1944, on the island of St. Kitts, West Indies, to the late Edward and Susanna Harris. He later migrated to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he began what would become a long association with the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). After working with WAPA for one year, he relocated to the Bronx and Brooklyn, New York, where he worked in several welding shops. In 1978, Clarence returned to St. Thomas and resumed his employment with WAPA, dedicating more than 35 years of service before retiring in 2010. He also earned credentials in welding from the Hobart School of Welding Technology, located in Ohio.

He attended Basseterre Boys School and was active in the Boys Brigade and Zion Moravian Church in St. Kitts. Mr. Harris later became a devoted member of the Memorial Moravian Church in St. Thomas, where he served faithfully in the Men's Fellowship, Usher Board, and assisted in driving the church bus on Sundays and the Eastern West Indies Synod.

Mr. Harris is survived by his wife, Cynthia Harris; son, Clarence Harris Jr.; daughters, Annette Harris Powell, Karen Harris Brown and Cheynelle Harris; daughter-in-law, JaQuell Harris; son-in-law, Cedric Powell; grandchildren, Coleman Powell, Chianti Harris, Ella Powell, Harrison Brown, and Clarence Harris III; sisters, Henrietta Liburd (deceased) and Monica "Rose" Amey; brothers, Charles "Sonny" Harris (deceased) and Joseph "Tanny" Harris; sisters-in-law, Lucille Joseph and Efemia (Fefe) Roberts; brothers-in-law, Wilmoth Roberts, Donald Roberts, Ashton Roberts and Vincent Joseph; nieces, Lenore Harris, Julene Chinnery-Lafong, Sandra Walters, Sharon Amey, Cheryl Amey, Stephanie Harris-Ash, and Debbie Harris; nephews, Uriel Amey, Lionel Amey, and Myran Amey; special friends, Jerome Gerald ("Peewee"), Cheryl and David Stevenson, Cavelle Francis, Kenneth and Judith Hobson, Jennifer James, Weston Phillips ("West"), Elsworth Elliott, and Aubrey Anthony (deceased); along with many other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.