Friday Evening

Carlene Travis Brownell

(March 17, 1941 – December 16, 2010)

“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.”

Carlene Travis Brownell went to be with the Lord on December 16, 2010 at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, LA. She was born on March 17, 1941 in Gillsburg, MS. She worked for many years at Movie Star Sewing Factory. She is survived by two daughters, Wanda Comeaux and her husband, Donald of Maurice, LA and Brandi Brownell of Plaquemine, LA, one sister, Mary Rose Mahaffey and her husband, Roy of Gillsburg, MS, 2 sisters-in-law, Joann Travis and Ann Travis, 5 grandchildren, Robert Phelps, Donald Comeaux, Taylor Forrest, Madison Smith, and Chloe Smith, and one great-granddaughter, Gillian Newman, a number of nieces and nephews and her beloved pet, Bingo. Preceded in death by her parents, Felder and Beulah Mae Travis, 3 brothers, her twin Carl, Irvin, and W. B. Travis, and 2 infant brothers and nephew, Wayne Mahaffey. Pallbearers will be Jerry Varnado, Tommy Mahaffey, John “Boo” Arabie, D. J. Cullen, Donald “Mozart” Comeaux, and Brent Travis. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday, and from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Monday. Religious Services at New Zion Baptist Church, Kentwood, at 2 p.m. Monday, December 20, 2010. Services conducted by Rev. Richard Sandberg. Interment New Zion Cemetery. Kentwood, LA.