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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...
Lee Reta Swett-Towns
May 11, 2022
On May 11, 2022, Lee Reta Swett-Towns went home to be with the Lord. She was born and raised in Hebert, LA. She lived to be 97 years old. She is survived by her daughter Pam, her grandson Steve, and her great-grandson Ethan. She was loved and is missed.
Benny Braddock
May 11, 2022
Funeral services for Bro. Benny Braddock, age 63, of Grayson will be held 2:00 PM Sunday May15, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Roland officiating. Interment will follow in the Little Star Cemetery at Grayson. Visitation will be on Saturday May 14, 2022 at the funeral home from 5:00 PM to 8:00...
Chester Earl Stapleton
May 10, 2022
Chester Earl Stapleton, age 85, of Columbia was born on August 23, 1936, in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana to the union of his parents, Willie Earl Stapleton and Nola Calhoun Stapleton. He passed from this life peacefully on May 10, 2022, at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia. Mr. Stapleton was one of eleven children born to the union of his...
John Robert Monroe, Jr.
May 9, 2022
John Robert Monroe, Jr. passed away May 9, 2022, at his home in Grayson, Louisiana. He was 77 years old. John Robert was born to the union of his parents, John Robert Monroe, Sr. and Lillian Crain Monroe, on February 23, 1945, in Columbia, LA. He was their only child. They preceded him in death. He proudly served his country...
Sharon Rose Burnum
May 7, 2022
Sharon Rose Meredith Burnum passed away on May 7, 2022, in West Monroe, Louisiana at the age of 71. She was born November 22, 1950, in Monroe, Louisiana and was one of seven children born to her parents, Perlie James Meredith and Ona Lea Cain Meredith. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Martin Burnum; and siblings:...
Carole King Snody
May 6, 2022
Graveside Services for Carole King Wilson Snody will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Chickasaw Cemtery, Olla, Louisiana. Visitation will be Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Carole King Snody, age 82, was born in Macon Missouri, to the union of her parents, Henry C. Wilson...
Myrtis Poole Wilks
May 5, 2022
Funeral Services for Myrtis Poole Wilks will be Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Columbia Heights Baptist Church at 2:00 PM with Bro. Bruce McGee officiating and Bro. Warren Maxwell reading the eulogy. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery, hebert under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Columbia Heights Baptist Church from 5:00...
Ralph Boyd Wallace
May 2, 2022
Ralph Boyd Wallace of Hebert, LA, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2022 in Palestine, TX. The world lost a loving kind servant of Christ, and he will be missed by many. Our loss is Heaven's gain.
He was born on October 29, 1932 to Niles and Maggie Aiken Wallace in Walnut Grove, Mississippi. He was the oldest of 6...
Charles Gregory McMillon
Apr 30, 2022
Funeral services for Charles Gregory McMillon age 67 of Monroe will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday May 4, 2022 from the sanctuary of Bosco Baptist Church 334 Blankston Loop, Monroe, LA. Interment will follow in The Bosco Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The McMillon Family will host visitation at the church on Wednesday from...
Dave Perot JR
Apr 30, 2022
Funeral services for Dave Perot, Jr, age 74 of Columbia, will be held 1:00 PM, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment will follow in the Perot Family Cemetery at Columbia. The Perot Family will host visitation at the funeral home on Monday, May 2, 2022, from...
Shannon Ray Varnell
Apr 26, 2022
Funeral services for Shannon Ray Varnell, age 47, of Grayson will be held 11:00AM Monday May 2, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery , west of Columbia, LA. The Varnell Family will host visitation at the funeral home, located at 7131 U S Highway 165, Columbia from...
Jorenda Reynolds Stone
Apr 26, 2022
Jorenda Reynolds Stone, age 78 of West Monroe, Louisiana died peacefully at Saint Francis Medical Center on April 26, 2022. Jorenda was preceded in death by her much beloved husband, Gregory Phillips Stone; her late parents, Jennie Martin Reynolds and Odie Neil Reynolds; her siblings Jennie Reynolds Crump and Odie Neil Reynolds, Jr.; and her niece Anna Leslie Crump Gregory....
Shirley Lee Porter
Apr 23, 2022
Funeral Services for Shirley Lee Faulks Porter, age 86, will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Palestine Baptist Church in Vixen, LA, with internment at the Palestine Cemetery. under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until time of service at 11:00 AM.
Shirley was born October 10,...
Mildred A. Fluitt Robertson
Apr 21, 2022
April 22, 1927 - April 21, 2022 Mildred was born in Columbia, LA from the union of John B. Fluitt and Georgia M. Smith, and was the baby of 9 children. She was spoiled a little by her mother who rocked Mildred in her lap until her feet touched the floor. She attended Columbia High School and played basketball at...
Martin Eugene Tison
Apr 20, 2022
Funeral services for Martin Eugene "Gene" Tison age 78 of Columbia will be held 11:00 AM Sunday April 24, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Lane McClanahan officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. The Tison Family will host visitation on Saturday April 23, 2022 from 5:00 PM...
Patsy Ann Buckley
Apr 19, 2022
Funeral services for Patsy Ann Talbert Buckley age 73 of Grayson will be held 2:00 PM Friday April 22, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. The Buckley Family will host visitation on Thursday April 21, 2022 at the funeral home...
Bennie Ray Gore
Apr 16, 2022
On February 20, 1955, Bennie Ray Gore was born along with his twin brother, Billy Jay Gore, to the union of Billy Ray Gore and Mattie Oree Johnston Gore, Bennie Ray passed from this life on the sixteenrh day of April, 2022, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. The Gore Family descended from Willie Lee Gore and Ernestine...
DeWanna Lynn Young
Apr 16, 2022
Funeral services for DeWanna Lynn Young, age 60 of Urania, will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home in Olla, Louisiana with Sister Cherish Peppers officiating. Interment will follow at Urania Cemetery, Urania, Louisiana. The family will have a visitation at the funeral home in Olla from 11 AM...
Doris Gough Barnhill
Apr 16, 2022
Doris Gough Barnhill, 59, of Olla, passed from this life on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Mildenhall, England on October 5, 1962 to Jack and Trudi Gough. Doris graduated from LaSalle High School in 1980, and then Southern Arkansas University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. Throughout...
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