André René Bertran, 43, of Covington Drive died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born April 17, 1963, in Biloxi, Miss., he was the son of Patsy Faye Dunlap Bertran and the late André Lucien Bertran.

Mr. Bertran was a truck driver and a Marine Corps veteran.

He attended the First United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Nell Darlene Leonard Bertran, whom he married Jan. 15, 1986; a son, Don Ridgley of Fombell; a daughter, Kristie Ridgley of Wilmington, Del.; his mother of Biloxi; and six brothers, Pierre, Bernard, Blair, Dominic Bertran, all of Biloxi, and Ralph and Steve Bertran, both of Virginia. Four grandchildren also survive.

<B>BERTRAN </B>— Friends of André René Bertran, who died Saturday, May 6, 2006, will be received from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday at the <B>Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home</B>, 2511 Pass Road, Biloxi, Miss. Burial will follow at the Biloxi National Cemetery.Arrangements are being handled by the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>.Information also is available at www.thompson-miller.com.