John “Whop” Navy, Jr.

A public viewing will be held on Friday, September 25, 2020 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Jones Funeral Home 1101 Main Street Franklin, LA. Visitation will resume on Saturday, September 26, 2020 from 11:00 AM until a rosary being recited at 1:00 PM at the St Jules Catholic Church in Franklin, LA. (All visitors are asked to adhere to the CDC/local regulations by wearing masks and practicing social distancing at all services).  Tributes and Expressions will begin after the rosary. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2:00 PM with Father Peter Emusa serving as the Celebrant. Burial will follow mass services in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery in Verdunville, LA. Services will be accessible by viewing the Jones Funeral Home, Inc. Facebook Page at 2:00 PM on Saturday September 26, 2020. 

Memories of John Jr., will forever remain in the hearts of his wife, Anna Mae Navy; his children, Jonathan (Fallon) Lightfoot, Joshua Navy and Valerie (Jacolby Paul) Navy; his mother, Elodia V. Navy all of Verdunville, LA; two brothers, Conley (Stacie) Verdun of Zachary, LA and Leroy (Patricia) Navy of Apple Valley, CA; three sisters, Marcia (Gralin) Commodore and Jackie Navy both of Houma, LA and Janet (Morris) Mack of Franklin, LA; eight grandchildren; his god-mother and aunt, Janis V. Jones; one aunt, Catherine Verdun, three uncles, Charles Navy, Wilfred Verdun, and Delanor Verdun and a host nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends

John Jr. as preceded in death by his father, John Navy, Sr.; paternal grandparents, Issac Navy, Sr. and Gladys B. Wesley and maternal grandparents, Wilfred Verdun, Sr. and Ruby Walker Verdun.