TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for FRANCIS, BERNELL, SR. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Nov. 13 to Nov. 15, 2014 Died: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= FRANCIS, BERNELL, SR. ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2014/f1411.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Bernell Francis Sr., 38, a native of Terrebonne Parish and resident of Gray, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at St. Matthew Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in St. Matthew Baptist Church cemetery. He is survived by his companion, Shantell Harris; father, Clarence Francis Sr., of Gray; sons, Breyen Francis and Bernell Francis Jr., of Houma, and Breyninn Francis, of Texas; daughters, Briyon Francis, of Houma, and Lashayla Francis, of Texas; brothers, Rudy Francis and Brandt Sims, of Gray; and sisters, Kim, Sarah and Peggy Francis, of Houma. He was preceded in death by his mother, Olivia Sims Francis; brother, Clarence Francis Jr.; sister, Veronica Francis; and grandparents, Sarah Sims and Berwick McGuire, and Dorothy Brown Francis and Junius Francis. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ======================