Christopher John BERNARD

RAYNE -Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Gossen Funeral Home Chapel for Christopher John Bernard, 26, who died Saturday, July 16, 2005,in Alexandria.Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery No. 2.Christopher graduated from Rayne High School in 1997.Survivors include his wife, Lesa T. Bernard; two daughters, Taylor Paige Bernard and Lauren Jade Willow Bernard; one step-daughter, Lakyn Gaspard; one step-son, Ewell Gaspard IV; mother and step-father, Gale and Paul Johnson; father and step-mother, Patrick and Fran Bernard; one brother, Sean Bernard; maternal grandparents, Richard and Verna Barbier; and paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary Ellen Picard.He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather,Emery Bernard.A rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. this evening.The family requests that the visiting hours be observed from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. today and will continue from 8 a.m. Thursday until service time.Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home Inc. of Rayne, (337) 334-3141.