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Dennis James Kees
Jul 6, 2023
Funeral services for Dennis James Kees, age 63 of Urania will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 8, 2023, from the Olla chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Urania Cemetery at Urania.
Dennis James Kees was born on September...
Natasha Renee Stapleton
Jul 4, 2023
Funeral services for Natasha Renee Stapleton will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 8, 2023 at The Pentecostal Church in Clarks, La with Bro. Jeff Masters officiating with interment following at Hebert Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, July 7, 2023 at The Pentecostal Church in Clarks from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM....
Lois Strickland
Jun 29, 2023
Funeral services for Lois Frances Jones Strickland will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 6, 2023, from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Tullos, LA. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Lois Strickland was born on May...
James Herman Brownell
Jun 27, 2023
Funeral services for James Herman Brownell, age 83 of Columbia, Louisiana will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 1, 2023, from the sanctuary of Cross Roads Baptist Church, Grayson, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Burroughs Garden of Memories under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The family will have visitation at the...
John V Gough
Jun 27, 2023
Graveside services for John V Gough will be held 10:00 AM June 28, 2023 at Shady Grove Cemetery in Sikes La. with Rev. Lathan Hubbard officiating and interment following under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. John was born in Olla, La on September 19, 1936 to the union of his parents, Edward Gough and Mary "Lil Maw" Edna Mayes...
Peggy Louella Wilson Blake
Jun 23, 2023
Peggy Louella Wilson Blake walked into the presence of her Savior on June 23, 2023 at Autumn Leaves Nursing Home in Winnfield, Louisiana.
She was born on Monday, December 16, 1935 to the union of Lonnie Whitfield and Jessie Louise Boyett Wilson in Urania, Louisiana. At the time of her death Peggy was 87 years and 6 months old.
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Janie Young
Jun 23, 2023
Funeral services for Janie Louise Whitten Young will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Joe Williams officiating and interment at Roberts Cemetery in Grayson, LA. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 12:00 PM until time of service at 2:00 PM. Janie Louise Whitten Young was born...
Bobby Ray Buckalew II
Jun 22, 2023
Funeral service for Bobby Ray Buckalew II will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Stephanie Green officiating. Jeremy Lataxes and Todd Lee will deliver the eulogy. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Riser & Son Funeral Home between the hours of...
John Frank Robinson
Jun 20, 2023
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia, La., for John Frank Robinson, 80, who died June 20, 2023. Rev. Amanda Carpenter, pastor of Grayson Methodist Church will be officiating for the services.
The family is requesting visitors’ hours be held Saturday, June 24,...
Norma Jo Spruell
Jun 17, 2023
Funeral services for Norma Jo Parkerson Spruell, age 62 of Grayson, LA will be held 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson. The family will have visitation at the funeral home on Monday, June 19, 2023, from...
Margie Ophelia Nelson Lowe
Jun 10, 2023
Funeral services for Margie Nelson Lowe age 98 of Grayson and formerly of West Monroe will be held 1:00 PM Monday June 12, 2023 from the sanctuary of Cross Roads Baptist Church with Bro. Shane Duke and Bro Tommy Nelson officiating. Mausoleum committal service will be held at 3:30 PM Monday at Kilpatricks Serenity Gardens in West Monroe. The Lowe...
Jerry Glen Howard, SR
Jun 6, 2023
Jerry Glen Howard, SR age 80 of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana was born on November 24, 1942 in Franklin Parish, Louisiana to the union of his parents, the late David Fulton Howard and Dorothy Merrit Howard. He passed from this life on Tuesday June 6, 2023 at the Jena Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Mr. Howard was a lover of the simple...
Claudine Wheeler Rice Head
Jun 5, 2023
Claudine Wheeler Rice Head was born on May 2, 1939 at Hebert, LA to the union of A.C. “Nick” Wheeler, SR and Gertie Dupree Wheeler. She passed from this life on June 5, 2023 at the Citizens Medical Center in Columbia following an extended illness. Claudine met the love of her life Richard Ruben Rice and together they had...
Roland Edward Harris
Jun 4, 2023
ROLAND “ED” HARRIS OBITUARY
Roland Edward Harris, age 93, passed away on June 4, 2023 in Conway, Arkansas with his son Chris by his side. Roland Edward Harris also known by friends and family as “Ed” and “Paw Paw”, was born on February 9, 1930 in Huntington, Texas.
Graveside services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday June 10, 2023...
Gus Alaniz
Jun 2, 2023
Funeral services for Juan Gustavo "Gus" Alaniz will be held 12:30 PM, Sunday, June 11, 2023, at Grace Baptist Church in Monroe, LA with Sis. Cherish Peppers officiating and Ricky Baker assisting with interment at New Light Baptist Cemetery in Monroe, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 11:30, Sunday, June 11, 2023, until...
Joseph Thompson
Jun 2, 2023
Funeral services for Joseph W Thompson will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at Olla First Baptist with Keith Davidson officiating and interment following in Olla Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at Olla First Baptist Church Monday, June 5, 2023 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Joe was born April 18,...
Dorothy Faye Potts
Jun 1, 2023
Services for Dorothy Faye Lindsey Potts will be held 1:00 PM, Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Outreach Baptist Church with Bro. Duplissey officiating and interment following at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Bienville Parish. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Outreach Baptist Church.
Dorothy Faye Potts was born September 19, 1946 in...
Maria Franklin
May 31, 2023
Maria Herbst Franklin
May 31, 2023
Mrs. Maria Herbst Franklin, age 85, of Columbia, Louisiana, was born on January 21, 1938, in Litzendorf, Bamberg, Germany, and went to meet her Lord and Savior on May 31, 2023 , at her home in Columbia, Louisiana.
Maria met the love of her life , Wavle Bruce Franklin, who she married...
Mildred Jiles Randall
May 29, 2023
Mildred Louise Jiles Randall was born May 2, 1945, to her parents, Pauline Olds Jiles and Leon “Buddy” Jiles of St. Joseph Louisiana. She passed away May 29, 2023, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's.
Mildred was a graduate of Northeast Louisiana University (now ULM) in Monroe, Louisiana and taught school in both Lasalle and Grant Parishes. After retirement, she...
William Bernard Weeks
May 25, 2023
William “Captain Jim” Bernard Weeks, age 82, born on September 4, 1941 in Stewart, Mississippi to Herbert Daniel and Ester Lee Weeks, passed away on May 25, 2023. He attended Kilmichael HS, graduating in 1959. As a standout three-sport athlete, he lettered in football and basketball and later tried out for St. Louis Cardinals.
His first real...
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