Source: http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2003/jun/02/obituaries-for-march-30-2003/

Bernice Halford

Nov. 1, 1917 - March 28, 2003

FERRIDAY, La. - Services for Bernice Halford, 85, of Ferriday, who died Friday, March 28, 2003, at Riverland Medical Center, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ferriday United Pentecostal Church with Brother Gary Howington and Johnny Carroll officiating. Burial will follow in Cypress Grove in Dunbarton under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Visitation was from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Halford was born Nov. 1, 1917, in Jonesville. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith.

She was preceded in death by her husband, W.H. Halford; a son, Derris Halford; a grandson, Larry Dale; and a great-grandson, Chris Halford.

She is survived by five daughters, Dorothy Robinson, Hilltop Lakes, Texas, Ethel Hoover, Ferriday, Iris Carroll, Winnsboro, Edith Carter, Channelview, Texas, and Jeri Briggs, Ferriday; three sons, Clifford Ray Halford, Ferriday, Michael Halford, San Diego, Calif., and Guy Halford, Ferriday; 21 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Dennis Robinson, Jeremiah Halford, Gary Wayne Halford, Brock Avery Halford, Benny Joe Hoover and Buddy Carroll. Honorary pallbearers are David Ola, Marion Arthur, Nick Carter and Andy Briggs.