Richard Milton

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RICHARD MILTON WILL BE HELD 10:00 AM, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2025 AT RISER FUNERAL HOME IN OLLA, LOUISIANA WITH INTERMENT FOLLOWING IN CHICKASAW CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RISER FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025 AT RISER FUNERAL HOME IN OLLA, LOUISIANA FROM 5PM UNTIL 8PM. 

RICHARD MILTON AGE 85 DIED PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME IN JENA, LA ON MAY 31, 2025 AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS.  RICHARD WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 30, 1939 IN SMACKOVER, ARKANSAS TO RALPH NORFORD MILTON AND NELL ALEXANDER MILTON.  HE WAS THE FIFTH OF SIX CHILDREN.  

HE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS BROTHER, DONAL MILTON, SISTERS CORA MAE BASS, CAROYLYN JEANETTE THOMPSON, JOSEPHINE HOLMES AND MARY FRANCIS THIELS AND HIS WIFE, FLORENCE KING MILTON. 

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS STEPDAUGHTER, JO ALICE POSEY, STEP GRAND DAUGHTER, ALICE NOEL LEE, AND STEPSONS MICHAEL AND LAMAR POSEY, NIECES AND NEPHEWS JOHN MILTON, MARY THOMPSON, DONNA NETHERY, SHIRLEY BASS MCGEE, SHARON BASS, CONNIE CHAMBLEY, TERRIE "SCOOTIE" THEILS, THERESA LAFARGUE, DEBBIE VANDEVELDE, SANDRA HOLMES AND SUZIE THOMPSON.  ALONG WITH MANY IN LAWS.  

RICHARD GREW UP AND SPENT MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN OLLA, LA.  HE GRADUATED FROM LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1957 AND ATTENDED HIS CLASS REUNIONS UNTIL HIS HEALTH DECLINED.  HE LOVED 1950'S ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC, GOING TO THE MOVIES (ESPECIALLY STAR WARS) , ATTENDING FESTIVALS, GOING TO FLEA MARKETS, AUTO RACING, ATTENDING FLY INS AND SHOOTING MATCHES, BUILDING CUSTOM BENCH REST RIFLES AND BULLETS, RESTORING CLASSIC CARS AND SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS AND HIS WIFE AND HER FAMILY.  HE HAD A VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR FOOD AND FOR LIFE!

HE WAS AN ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED IN KOREA AND WAS VERY PATRIOTIC AND PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. RICHARD WAS A MECHANIC AND MACHINIST AND OWNER OF RICHARD MILTON'S AUTO SHOP IN OLLA UNTIL HE CLOSED HIS BUSINESS TO  WORK OFFSHORE TO WORK ON HIS BELOVED DISCOVERER 534.  LATER HE WAS EMPLOYED AT ARROW/DRESSER-RAND  UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.  RICHARD OFTEN REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS "OLLA'S OLDEST TEENAGER." HE PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO  EVERYTHING HE DID, HIS WORK, HIS FAMILY AND HIS MANY HOBBIES.

RICHARD WAS A DAREDEVIL AT HEART WITH A COMPETITIVE SPIRIT. HE EXCELLED AT DIRT TRACK RACING, WAS A CERTIFIED SCUBA DIVER, A PILOT WHO LOVED TO PERFORM AEROBATICS AND PUSH HIS PLANE TO THE LIMITS. RICHARD ALSO LOVED RESTORING CLASSIC VEHICLES TO PERFECTION AND WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP BENCH REST SHOOTER WITH  PRECISION  RIFLES WHICH HE HAND BUILT AND DECORATED. 

RICHARD HAD A HAPPY DISPOSITION AND WAS ALWAYS SMILING, BECAUSE OF THESE ATTRIBUTES HE MADE MANY LIFE LONG FRIENDS, HE WAS LOVED DEARLY BY HIS WIFE FLORENCE AND HER FAMILY.  

PALLBEARERS ARE CHARLIE MCDOUGALD, SHEP POLAND, MICHAEL POSEY, JOHN MILTON, WAYNE SCOTT AND BRUCE BONNEAU.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS ARE MATT WILKINSON, RAY KING, AUSTIN KING, SR. 

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THANKS TO ALL WHO CALLED HIM AND CAME TO VISIT DURING HIS ILLNESS, SPECIAL THANKS TO WAYNE SCOTT FOR LOVING AND CARING FOR RICHARD UNTIL THE END.  THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FROM GUARDIAN HOSPICE, SITTERS TINA LLOYD, BARBARA BRADFORD AND BRITTANY BYNOG.  THE VA MEDICAL CENTER/OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND PRIMARY CARE.  VA REPS GARY POOLE AND SCOTT FRYE.  WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU ALL.