Lennis was the son of Marsha and Lennis Harris Sr. He was the only son and leaves behind a younger sister, Staci Lynnette Harris. He attended Durham public schools, and he was an outgoing individual. He attended Pearsontown Elementary School and Merrick-Moore Elementary School. He won the fifth grade Spelling Bee and represented his school in the Durham County Spelling Bee. Lennis loved to read and with his Spelling Bee prize of one hundred dollars, he purchased more books. He enjoyed and excelled in sports. Lennis entered Neal Middle School and played football, basketball and ran track. He was a member of the Durham Striders Track Club and was an active member of various AAU basketball teams. Lennis was an outstanding player on Hillside High School's basketball team. Lennis graduated from Hillside High School in 1999. He attended St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina and North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. Lennis had a deep love for his family and friends. He always had a laugh or smile for anyone in his presence. He was especially close to his cousins. His immediate family includes: his parents, Marsha Hayes Harris and Lennis Warren Harris, Sr.; his sister, Staci Lynnette Harris; stepbrothers, Gary Collins and Blair Williams; his grandfather, Nathaniel W. Hayes, Sr, Sonnie Harris, Sr.; step-grandmother, Portia Harris; grandmothers, Dora Elizabeth Hayes and Mearl Parker Harris; uncles, Nathaniel W. Hayes, Jr., Sonny Harris, Jr., Frank Harris, Andre Harris; aunts, Claudia Skinner, Natalie Hayes and Veronica Hopkins-Garrett; cousins, Linwood Skinner, Jr, Johnathan Skinner, Kevin Hayes, Randy Hayes, Andrea Harris, Malcolm Cook, Andre Harris, Jr., Ryan Harris, and Ariel Harris, Randy Garrett, Miranda Garrett, Devin Hopkins, Torico Carr of Maryland, and Takierra Hopkins; Rikayla Dixon and Little Nate Dixon, Debra Hayes-Hughes, Alesia Fleming, Norman Hayes; Teresa Crawford, Milton Hilliard; great-aunts, Shirley Hayes, Beulah Hilliard, Lillian Turrentine, Eunice Dunn, Gaynelle Cates, Lois Jean Roberts, Annie McBroom, and Gladys Davis, Eunice Parker, Juanita Taylor, Wanda Lewis, Josephine Apperwhite and a very special cousin, Larry Turrentine.