Mrs. Jeannette Harris Boykin

Mrs. Jeannette Harris Boykin, 82, passed on Saturday, January 17, 2026. Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2026 11:00am at Mount Zion A.M.E. Church 2977 Lavista Rd, Decatur, GA 30033 Interment, Mount Zion A.M.E Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 30, 2026 from 12pm to 8pm at Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes- Scottdale Chapel. Please express your condolences on our website. Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory-Scottdale Chapel 351 N. Clarendon Ave. Scottdale, GA 30079. 404-294-5500 www.levettfuneralhome.com Mrs. Jeannette Harris Boykin, a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend was born on March 18, 1943, to the late Ann G. Grier and Gordan L. Harris in Decatur GA. She was the oldest of two children. She departed this earthly life on January 17th, 2026. She grew up in the Mt. Zion Community, a thriving black community at the time named after the local AME church that sat nearby. During her childhood, she attended Mt. Moriah and Robert Shaw Elementary Schools and later Hamilton High School, graduating in 1960. She later met and married husband Dolvin Boykin and to their union their son Kevin Boykin was born in July 1966. Jeannette took on the role of a stay-at-home mother to her son Kevin. Additionally, she was a caretaker for other relative’s children, her parents, and local neighborhood children. Jeannette enjoyed various hobbies such watching tv, shopping, and talking to neighbors. One would describe her as comical as she loved to joke with people and an information connoisseur as she always kept up with the latest pop culture news and loved watching game shows such Jeopardy. She was a dedicated member to Mt. Zion AME Church where she sang in the choir and served in various other capacities. She is preceded in death by her parents, aunts Alice Mae Brown and Myrtie Rowe, uncles Marion Rowe and George Robert (Bubba) Rowe, cousins Bobby, Harold, Tommy Lee, and Danny Rowe, and one nephew Julian Harris. She leaves to cherish her memories, her husband of over 60 years Dolvin, a son Kevin A. Boykin, a brother Roger L. Harris, nieces Tonya A. Harris-Mathis and Portia Johnson, great nephews Roger Marcel Newell, Alexander Mathis, and Xavier Mathis; first cousin Dorothy Moore and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.

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Mrs. Jeannette Harris Boykin

March 18, 1943 - January 17, 2026