Submitted by: Georgia Gill-Elkins

Emmons, Mathias, Harris, Blough, Nye
 
South Bend Tribune March 23, 1999 p. D 5

Bernelle Emmons
May 11, 1921 - March 21, 1999

Bernelle Emmons, 77, of East Jennings, South Bend, Ind., died at  2:25 a.m. Sunday, March 21, in Memorial Hospital.

Bernelle was born on May 11, 1921, in Marshall, Ark, to Ras and Rilla (Mathias) Harris. She had lived in the Michiana area since 1942, coming from Arkansas.

An Dec. 21, 1944, Bernelle married Chester T. "Red" Emmons, who preceded her in death on Jan. 22, 1993

Bernelle is survived by a daughter, Phyllis M. Emmons of Lakeville, Ind; a sister, Ressie Blough of South Bend; and two brothers, Paul Ray Harris of Siloam Springs, Ark., and P. J. Harris of Harrison, Ark.

Funeral services for Bernelle Emmons will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24, in the Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 2718 South Michigan Street, South Bend. The Rev. Paul Nye will officiating. Burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Ind. There will be no visitation.