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Laudie Sellers
Feb 4, 2014
Laudie LaVessa Dunn Sellers, 95, entered into rest February 4, 2014, after a lengthy illness. Services will be held at First Baptist Church, Urania, Louisiana, at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 7, 2014. Officiating will be Rev. Greg Dunn and Rev. Bo Prather. Visitation will take place at Riser Funeral Home, Olla, Louisiana, from 4-7:00 PM, Thursday, February 6 then again...
Estelle Brown
Feb 2, 2014
Funeral services for Estelle Faulk Brown age 66 of Monroe will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday February 5, 2014 from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with Rev. Terry Mims and Rev. Roger Dean Laffoon officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday February 4, 2014 at the funeral home from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Burial will be in the...
Jennifer Harrison
Jan 30, 2014
Funeral services for Jennifer Michelle Harrison known affectionately by every one as "Missi" will be held 2:00 PM Sunday February 2, 2014 from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with Rev. Benny Braddock officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. Visitation will be on Saturday February 1, 2014 at the funeral home from 4:00 Pm...
Dennis Johnson
Jan 25, 2014
Graveside services for Dennis James Johnson, age 49 of Monroe, LA will be held at 2 PM Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, LA. Mr. Johnson was born on December 12, 1964 in Joilet, IL and passed from this life on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, LA. Dennis faithfully served his country...
Arlene Shumaker Gilbert
Jan 24, 2014
Funeral services for Arlene Shumaker Gilbert, age 86, will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, January 27, 2014 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Bill Nash officiating. Russ Caughron will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson. Visitation will be Monday From 1:00 PM until service time at the funeral home. Arlene was...
Judy Maxwell
Jan 24, 2014
Funeral services for Judy Weed Maxwell, age 62 of Hebert, will be held at 2 PM Sunday, January 26, 2014 from the sanctuary of Bethany Baptist Church, Hebert, LA with Bro. Brian Rankin officiating, Bro. Don Wright delivering the eulogy and Bro. Ed Smith providing graveside services. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, January 25, 2014...
Katherine Pauley
Jan 16, 2014
Katherine Alice (Patton) Pauley, born July 21,1959 at Bath, New York to the union of her parents, Rodney Lee Patton and Phyllis Jean (Stewart) Patton; passed from this life on Thursday January 17, 2014 at her residence in Columbia, Louisiana. Katherine was preceded in death by her husband, Elvin Glenn Pauley, Sr. and by her father. She was a member...
Joan B. Scribner
Jan 15, 2014
Joan B. Scribner, 80 February 26, 1933 - January 15, 2014 Psalm 116:15 "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Joan died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana after a bout with pneumonia. She is preceded in death by her husband, Cecil M. Scribner,...
Jacobie Pinder
Jan 14, 2014
Funeral services for Jacobie Issac Pinder, 2 ½ months old of Riverton, LA will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at White's Ferry Road Church of Christ with Bro. Mike Kellett officiating. Interment will follow at Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe. Visitation will be at the church on Thursday from 1 PM until time of service...
Mary Ann Sootoo
Jan 10, 2014
Funeral services for Mary Ann Sootoo, age 67, of Urania, will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, January 15, 2015 At Urania First Baptist Church with Bro. Prather officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the church. Interment will follow at Urania Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. Mary...
Doyle Childress
Jan 9, 2014
Doyle Melvis Childress, 64 years of age, resident of Las Vegas, Nevada and native of Kelly, Louisiana, passed from this earth January 9, 2014 at the Houston Hospice Center in Houston, TX . He was born March 9, 1949 in Columbia, Louisiana to Melvis Doyle Childress and Floyce Roberts Childress. He is a graduate of Caldwell Parish High School. Doyle...
Steven Ray Blake
Jan 8, 2014
Funeral services for Steven Ray Blake, age 19, of Olla, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 11, 2014 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla with Bro. Tony Wilson officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 AM until service time at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Blake Cemetery in Olla . Steven was born...
Helen Smith Parmer
Jan 8, 2014
Helen Smith Parmer, age 81, of LaPorte, TX formerly of Monroe, LA, passed away January 8, 2014 peacefully in her sleep. Mrs. Parmer is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 62 years: Clyde Parmer; son: Gordon Ray Parmer. She was known fondly to friends and loved ones simply as "Miss Helen". She was a devoted wife, mother, and...
Donald Crum
Jan 6, 2014
Donald Ray Crum, age 62 of Winnsboro, LA passed from this life on January 6,2014 at the Franklin Parish Medical Center in Winnsboro following an extended illness. Mr. Crum was born on April 16, 1951 at Winnsboro to the union of his parents Clinton Evon Crum and Fannie Pauline Hedgepeth Crum. He is preceded in death by his parents, and...
Baby Christian Mathews LaBauve
Jan 6, 2014
Graveside services for Christian Mathews LaBauve will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Urania Cemetery with Bro. Shad Tibbs officiating. Christian was preceded in death by his grandmother: Rebecca Lynn Gordey Goines Street; great-grandparents: Mattie Mayes, Allie Marion Street, Jr., and Rennit Mae Plaisance Street; uncle: Curtis Mac Mayes. He is survived by his parents: Elizabeth...
Katherine Jean Ellerbe
Jan 3, 2014
Katherine Franklin Ellerbe, born March 22, 1943 at Monroe, LA; to the union of her parents, Charlie Bruce Franklin and Alice Lucy Wall Franklin; passed from this life on Friday January 3, 2014 at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia following an extended illness. Katherine was preceded in death by her parents, by her husband: Donnie Ellerbe; and by her...
Edna Owens Thompson
Jan 2, 2014
Edna Irene Owens Thompson, born July 14, 1913 in Trout, Louisiana to the union of Sid and Ethel Owens was called home by her beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at the Rex Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center in Raleigh, North Carolina where she had resided since June 2002. A former resident of Columbia, Mrs....
Norma Ruth Hafer
Jan 1, 2014
Funeral services for Norma Ruth Sellers Hafer, age 88 of Columbia, LA will be held at 2 PM Sunday, January 5, 2014 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Rick Crandall officiating and Arleene Roden delivering the eulogy. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, west of Columbia. Visitation will be Sunday from 12 PM until time...
Melinda Brown
Dec 30, 2013
Funeral services for Melinda Gayle (McIlwain) Brown age 61 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Thursday January 2, 2014 from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with the Rev. Warren Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow in the Sardis Cemetery just south of Winnfield, LA. Visitation will be on Wednesday January 1, 2014 at the funeral home from 5:00...
Catherine Warford
Dec 28, 2013
Catherine "Granny" Marie Bratton Warford, (79), having grown up and lived in Caldwell Parish went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at her residence in Sevierville, TN. Born January 10, 1934, Catherine was the ninth (9) child of the late David and Leona Bratton of Kelly, Louisiana. She married Grady R. Warford of Columbia, on...



