Dr. Beverly Allain Farrell

A memorial service will be held at Resthaven Gardens of Memory Mausoleum, 11817 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, La., 70816, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. A retired vice president of Our Lady of the Lake College, she died at 6:02 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at North Cypress Medical Center in Houston, Texas. She was 63, a resident of Baton Rouge and a native of New Iberia. Visitation at Pellerin Funeral Home, New Iberia, on Friday, Sept. 12, was from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter's Catholic Church, New Iberia, was at 10 a.m. Saturday. Temporary interment in Holy Family Cemetery, New Iberia. Permanent interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory Mausoleum, Baton Rouge. Survived by her husband, Thomas Richard Farrell Sr., Baton Rouge; father and mother, Richard Allain Sr. and Anna Louise Schwing, of New Iberia; three sons, Thomas R. Farrell Jr., Bart S. Farrell and wife Angelle Farrell, and Patrick J. Farrell, all of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Anna Farrell Harrison and husband Travis Harrison, and Mary E. Farrell, all of Baton Rouge; three brothers, Jimmy Allain and wife Peggy Allain, and Paul Allain and wife Becky Allain, all of New Iberia, and Peter Allain and wife Aline Allain, of Baton Rouge; four sisters, Pat Rinehart, Emma Hanks and husband Tim Hanks, Rita Breaux and husband Harvey Breaux, and Anne Allain, all of New Iberia; and four grandchildren. Preceded in death by two brothers, Col. Richard Allain Jr. and John Carroll Allain. Pallbearers were Tommy Farrell, Johnny Allain Viator, Bart Farrell, Patrick Farrell, Travis Harrison and Beau Allain. Honorary pallbearers were Taylor Rhorer, Paul Allain, Peter Allain, Tim Hanks, Jimmy Allain, Harvey Breaux and Bart Farrell, of New Jersey. Dr. Beverly A. Farrell received a bachelor's degree from Springhill College in Mobile, Ala., in 1966, and received a master's degree from Louisiana Tech in Ruston in 1970. She continued her education at LSU and received her Ph.D. in 2001. Dr. Beverly A. Farrell was a dedicated, inspirational and courageous wife and mother who will be missed dearly and never forgotten.