Robert Bernard Jefferson, Sr.

ABBEVILLE — A Home-going Celebration of Life will be held for Mr. Robert Bernard “Tommy Lee” / “The Colonel” Jefferson, Sr. 87, at 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 21, 2021 at Faith Hope Christian Fellowship with Bishop B.K. Stevens, Pastor officiating.
Interment will be private.
A gathering of family and friends will be held at the church on Friday at 8:00 A.M. until the time the of service.
A native and resident of Abbeville, LA he passed Friday, May 14, 2021 at AMG Specialty Hospital in Lafayette, LA.
He leaves to cherish his memory, one son, Robert Bernard Jefferson, Jr. of Abbeville, LA; seven stepchildren, Wilfred Senegal, Jr., Warren Senegal (Tisa), Victor Senegal (Connie), Janet Fusilier (Ronald), Carolyn Thomas (Joe), Phyllis Rayborn(Eddie) and Angela Vallot (Carl) all of Abbeville, LA; three brothers, Freddie Jefferson, Joseph Jefferson and Jeremiah Jefferson all of Florida; three sisters, Mayme Moore, Agnes Jordan, and Nedra MeCaskill all of Florida; sixteen grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gertie Mae Jefferson; one daughter, Sonya Jefferson; his parents, Carlie Eugene Jefferson, Sr. and Mattie Fields Jefferson; two sisters, Doretha Mattie Croom and Linda Jefferson and two brothers, Terrell Jefferson and Eugene Jefferson, Jr.
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Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home 1116 Green Street, Abbeville, LA 70510.