Checo Rene ’Junie’ Yancy, 40, of New Orleans died on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Memorial notices and funeral arrangements paint a clear picture of his life: son of Helen Samson and Checo W. Yancy, grandson of George and Thelma Frazier, companion of Sharon Kennedy, and stepfather to Earnest Wilson, Jr., with brothers Derek and Kevin Yancy and a large extended family. Services were held at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home on Jackson Avenue and he was buried at Holt Cemetery.

Notices also tie him to daily work at Oliver Creole Restaurant and Liuzza Restaurant & Bar, suggesting he was a familiar presence in the city’s service community.

Does anyone who knew Junie or worked with him at those restaurants have information about the circumstances of his death?