Shirley Helms

Shirley B. Helms passed away at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She was 68, a resident of Baton Rouge and a native of Marksville. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Sunday, Nov. 29, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visitation resumes at the funeral home on Monday, Nov. 30, from 8:30 a.m. until service at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Tommy Middleton. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Steve Speight; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ernie J. and Becky Harper, and Chris P. and Lorie Harper; four sisters, Theresa Bordelon, Ann Bordelon, Sable Guillot and Marjorie Priester; two brothers, John Bordelon and Richard Bordelon; grandchildren, Christopher Harper, April Smith and husband Ray Smith Jr., Angrielle Phillips, Philip Harper, Amber Blazier, John Blazier, Anthony Brown, Nick Harper and Tyler Brazier; two great-grandchildren, Rayvon Anthony Smith and Brooklyn Rhea Smith; and very close friends who are like family, Danielle Booker, Kearstin Joseph and Brittany Lands. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ernest H. Harper and Gale Helms; two sons, Ernest and Jerry Harper; parents, Joseph A. and Eugenie S. Bordelon; sisters, Mable Cooper and Betty Ann Bordelon; brothers, Gaston Bordelon, Lawrence Bordelon and Joseph Junior Bordelon; a granddaughter, Danielle Friedman; a great-grandson, Braiden Freidman; and special friend, Richard Young. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church.

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Sunday, November 29, 2009
2pm 9pm

Service

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Monday, November 30, 2009
8:30am

Chapel

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Monday, November 30, 2009
2pm

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816