HAROLD BERNARD STIRRUP WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 23, 1934, TO THE LATE EDWIN STIRRUP AND OPHELIA STIRRUP.  HAROLD ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR EARLY IN LIFE AND ON MAY 13, 2022, THE LORD SAW FIT TO BRING HIS SON BACK HOME TO HIM.

HAROLD ATTENDED BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL.  AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HAROLD WORKED MANY JOBS BUT HIS HAILING ACCOMPLISHMENT WOULD BE AS MIAMI DADE COUNTY CORRECTIONS OFFICER, WHERE HE GAINED MANY AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LATER RETIRED.

HAROLD COULD ALWAYS BE SEEN WITH A HAT REPRESENTING ONE OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS TEAMS.  WIN OR LOSE, HE WAS A TRUE DOLPHIN FAN, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FAN, MIAMI HEAT FAN AND MARLINS FAN. HIS LAST WORDS AND GESTURE WERE A THUMBS UP AND "I LOVE YOU".

HAROLD LEAVES TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING HIS LIFE: A DEVOTED WIFE OF 50 YEARS, ROBERTA  STIRRUP; DAUGHTERS: SONYA STIRRUP KNIGHT (BRYANT), SANDRA STIRRUP, VALERIA JOHNSON, HATTIE YOUNG, AND SON ANTHONY STIRRUP. ONE SISTER, GLORIA TOLLIVER OF BROOKLYN, NY; FOUR BROTHERS: ARCHIE, CHARLIE, BILL AND EDDIE ALL NO LONGER WITH US, BUT THEIR MEMORIES NEVER FADES. A HOST OF LOVING AND CHERISHED GRAND-CHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES,      NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.