Nicholas Haile Bernard

NEW IBERIA – Funeral services celebrating the life of Nicholas Haile Bernard will be held 11:00 am Friday, April 28, 2017 at First United Methodist Church of New Iberia. Rev. Scott Bullock will officiate. Nicholas will be laid to rest alongside his grandparents in Forest Park East Cemetery in Houston, Texas on Saturday, April 29.

A gathering of family and friends will be held at Evangeline Funeral Home on Friday from 9:00 am until 10:45 am, at which time a procession will depart for church.

Nicholas Haile Bernard was born August 18, 1982 in New Iberia to Dr. Douglas Allen Bernard and Betty Haile Bernard and was one of five children. He passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 at his residence at the age of 34.

Nicholas was a 2000 graduate of Catholic High School in New Iberia, and was a true Louisiana outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. His greatest love was being a father to his children. He will be missed dearly. Rest now Nicki for your journey on this earth is complete.

Survivors include his children, Reece Bernard, Cindy Bernard and William Bernard; his parents, Betty Haile Bernard, and Dr. Douglas Allen Bernard, MD and wife Becky; his sister and brothers, Megan Elizabeth Bernard, Mckenzie Allen Bernard, Tollie John Bernard and Troy Douglas Bernard; his nephew, Liam Bernard; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Edward Lewis Haile and Eloise Larkin Haile, and Hugh Allen Bernard and Laverne Forchee Bernard.

Pallbearers will be member of the family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Nicholas’s name to First United Methodist Church, 119 Jefferson Street, New Iberia, LA 70560.

To view the online obituary and to share memories of Nicholas, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com

Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia (337) 364-1881 is in charge of arrangements.