NEWPORT NEWS—Jermaine La’Nell Shearn, 39, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012.

A funeral was held Monday at Buckroe Baptist Church, Hampton. Burial was at Hampton Memorial Gardens.

A Murfreesboro, N.C., native, Mr. Shearn attended Hertford County High School.

He is survived by his wife, Cheralynn Spratley Shearn; children Cianna, Kamal and Crystal; parents Armintha Boone and John Mack Jones; and sister Debra Boone.