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Opal Levadis Bozeman
Jun 22, 2022
Funeral Services for Opal Levadis Bozeman will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Life Church in Columbia with visitation Friday, June 24, 2022, Life Church, in Columbia, LA, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM for friends.
Opal Levadis Kraft-Bozeman was born August 28, 1936, and passed from this life peacefully on June 22, 2022. She...
Edward "Eddie" Dawson Dunn
Jun 21, 2022
Funeral Services for Edward "Eddie" Dawson Dunn will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Springhill Baptist Church, Grayson, LA with Bro. Todd Whittington officiating and Bro. Vince Roussin assisting. Interment will follow at Roberts Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Friday, June 24, 2022, at Springhill Baptist...
Angelia Marie Prudhomme
Jun 21, 2022
Angelia Marie Prudhomme, age 55 of Columbia, passed away on June 21, 2022, at Haven Nursing Center, Columbia, after a brief illness. Angelia was born in Columbia, March 30, 1967, to the union of her parents, Winnick Vernon Prudhomme, Jr. and Frances Elaine Crawford Prudhomme. They preceded her in death. Angelia worked for several years as a law clerk.
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Dorothy Day Tradewell
Jun 20, 2022
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Day Tradewell, age 98 of Jena, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 23, 2022, from the Olla chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Glen Roark officiating. Interment will follow at Jena Cemetery, Jena, LA. The family will hold visitation prior to the service at the funeral home in Olla from...
Willree Estelle Medaries
Jun 19, 2022
Funeral services for Willree Estelle Medaries, age 89 of Grayson, LA, will be held 1:00 PM, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from the sanctuary of Cross Roads Baptist Church at Grayson with Rev. Shane Duke and Rev. Brian Crain officiating. Interment will follow in the Cross Roads Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will begin...
James Kenneth Moore
Jun 15, 2022
Funeral services for James Kenneth Moore will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Bethany Baptist Church, in Hebert, LA with Bro. David Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery, Hebert under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Friday, June 17, 2022, at Bethany Baptist Church, from 5:00 PM...
Robert Kidd Sanders, Jr.
Jun 14, 2022
Funeral services for Robert Kidd Sanders, Jr. will be held 2:30 PM, Friday, June 17, 2022, from the sanctuary of Tullos First Baptist Church at Tullos, LA. with Rev. Scott Smith officiating. Visitation will begin at the church on Friday at 1:00 PM to time of service. Interment will follow in the Urania Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son...
Tommy Dale "Tom" Exline
Jun 11, 2022
Funeral services for Tommy Dale "Tom" Exline, age 64, of Grayson will be held 10:00 AM Thursday June 16, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment will follow in the Exline Family Plot at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. The Exline Family will receive visitors on Wednesday June 15, 2022...
Raymond H. Bullock
Jun 11, 2022
Raymond H. Bullock, age 84 of Farmerville, Louisiana, passed away June 11, 2022. Raymond was born March 24, 1938, in Shreveport, Louisiana to the union of his parents, Tyrous Lazine Bullock and Ruth Mae Pace Bullock. He was raised in West Monroe. After graduation he went to work at Olinkraft and worked there for forty years before retiring. He and...
Donald W Davis
Jun 9, 2022
Don Davis, 80, of Grayson, Louisiana passed away on June 9, 2022. Don was born on July 25, 1941 in Rapides Parish. He was an educator for 30 years in Tensas Parish, Adams County Mississippi, and Caldwell Parish serving as a teacher, coach and administrator. He was also well known for his cooking and catering at Mr. Butts BBQ....
Pearl Ivy Ford
Jun 6, 2022
Graveside services for Pearl Ivy Ford will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Hamilton Cemetery in Aimwell, LA., under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home.
Pearl Ivy Ford was born in Belfast, Arkansas, to the union of her parents John Frank Hamilton and Rosie Wilson Hamilton and passed from this life peacefully at her...
Dr John Cooksey
Jun 4, 2022
John Charles Cooksey, MD passed away at his farm on Saturday, June 4, 2022. He was 80.
Cooksey was born on August 20, 1941, to Ruth Lee Cooksey and Henry Oscar Cooksey in Alexandria, Louisiana. He spent his early childhood years in Georgetown, Louisiana and later in Burlington where his father operated a lumber mill and building supply company. The...
Tony L Franklin
Jun 4, 2022
Funeral services for Tony L. Franklin, age 73 of Olla, Louisiana, will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Olla, Louisiana with Bro. Johnny Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, Louisiana. The Franklin family will host visitation Tuesday, June 7, 2022, from 5...
Dixie Ann Dodd Durastanti
Jun 3, 2022
Funeral services for Dixie Ann Dodd Durastanti will be held at 10 AM, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, from the Chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Olla, Louisiana with Father Dwight De Jesus officiating. Interment will follow at the Urania Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Monday, June 6, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in...
Johnny Leon Hamilton
May 27, 2022
Funeral services for Johnny Leon Hamilton, age 56, of Olla, LA will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday June 1, 2022 from the sanctuary of Community Pentecostal Church at Manifest with Bro. Ronnie House and Bro. Ricky Nugent officiating. Interment will follow at the Hamilton Cemetery at Aimwell under the direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Olla. Visitation will...
Cathy Louise Bailey Cloud
May 25, 2022
Funeral services for Cathy Louise Bailey Cloud will be held at 12:00 PM, Saturday, May 28, 2022, from the Chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Olla, LA with Bro. Elsie Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at the Urania Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Saturday, May 28, 2022, at the funeral home from 9:00...
Patricia Ann Whitaker Garrett
May 24, 2022
Funeral services for Patricia Ann Whitaker Garrett, age 78 of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM, Friday, May 27, 2022, from the sanctuary of Fellowship Baptist Church, Columbia with Bro. Chris Bennett officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson under the direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be held at...
Leland Merrell McGuffee
May 22, 2022
Funeral services for Leland Merrell McGuffee, age 56 of Columbia, Louisiana, will be held at 1 PM, Friday, May 27, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Bubba Jordan and Bro. David Richmond officiating. Interment will follow in the McGuffee Family Plot in the Rosefield Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. The McGuffee Family will...
Joe Finlay Key
May 16, 2022
On Monday, May 16, 2022, Joe Finlay Key, loving husband and father of four children, went to meet his Lord at the age of 75.
Joe was born on September 7th, 1946, in Columbia, Louisiana to Jack and Violet Simpson Key. He graduated Owensboro High School and studied at Brescia College in Owensboro, Kentucky. In 1991, he earned his...
Debra Elaine Word
May 13, 2022
Debra Elaine Word, age 64 of Hebert was born on October 20, 1957 at Bastrop, LA to the union of her parents , Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hicks. She passed from this life on May 13, 2022 at her residence in Columbia. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her daughter, Danniel Baker and her son Johnny...
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