Updated: 5/29/20


Mrs. Donna Harney, age 55, passed on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at her home in Indianapolis, Indiana.  She was born the daughter of Pearlee Campbell Richardson in Lewisburg, Tennessee.  She graduated from high school in Marshall County.  Donna was baptized at Round Hill M.B. Church in 2003, where she served faithfully.
    As a creative soul, she reached hundreds of people by writing, directing, and performing in several of her original productions, which allowed her to share the Word of God.
  Donna was happiest when surrounded by family, especially her husband, Willie. She will be dearly missed and remembered with loving affection.
    Donna is preceded in death by her father, Willie Scruggs; maternal grandparents Grady and Josephine Campbell; and paternal grandparents Turner and Louise Richardson. She is survived by her parents Joe and Pearlee Richardson; devoted husband Willie Harney; daughters Renisha “Shay” McCarter and Tashlyn Harney; granddaughters Tareiyah “Pudding Pie” McCarter and Zariyah “Cuppy Cake” Jones; son-in-love Tarence McCarter; siblings Sherry Richardson, Wendell Richardson, Keesha (Derik) Hughes, Naomi Scruggs, India Scruggs, Devona (J.C.) Scruggs Clark, and Angela Scruggs; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and brothers-and-sisters-in-law.
    Funeral services will be conducted in Indianapolis, Indiana by Lavenia and Summers Funeral Home.  Interment and committal will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville, Tennessee.  Services are entrusted to J.B. Mayberry and Sons Funeral Home.