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Elizabeth Ann Lafferty
Feb 27, 2023
Funeral services for Elizabeth Ann Lafferty, age 87 of Columbia, will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, March 3, 2023, at the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Joe Rosales officiating. Interment will follow at Greer Cemetery, Rayville, LA. A visitation for family and friends will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, March 2,...
Paula Sue McMullen
Feb 25, 2023
Paula Sue Wiles McMullen was born in Urania, Louisiana on September 5, 1966 to the union of her parents, Orval Lee Wiles and Ola Marie Myers Wiles and she passed from this life February 25, 2023 at the Winn Parish Medical Center in Winnfield LA.
Paula enjoyed watching tv, especially the cooking channels, and loved playing bingo. Paula was preceded...
Geraldine Buckley Brown
Feb 22, 2023
Funeral services for Geraldine Buckley Brown, age 70 will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, March 4, 2023, from the sanctuary of Life Church, Highway 4 East, Columbia, LA with Rev. James Smith and Bro. Ricky Buckley officiating. Interment will follow in the Brownville Cemetery at Columbia. Services are entrusted to and under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of...
Steven Dale "Stevie" Underwood
Feb 21, 2023
Funeral services for Steven Dale "Stevie" Underwood age 68 of Olla, will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Riser & Son Funeral Home chapel in Olla with Bro. Josh McNaughton officiating. Interment will follow in the Sikes Cemetery at Sikes. The Underwood Family will host visitation on Saturday as well from 10:00 AM until...
Isabella Estelle Marie Sikes
Feb 21, 2023
Funeral services for Isabella Estelle Marie Sikes age 10 of Olla will be held 12:00 PM Saturday February 25, 2023 from the sanctuary of Urania Pentecostal Church with Bro. Clay Hutto officiating. Interment will follow in the Urania Cemetery at Urania under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Olla. Urania Pentecostal Church will host visitation on Friday February...
Clifton E. "Click" Henry, Sr.
Feb 21, 2023
Clifton E. "Click" Henry, Sr., 72 of Jena, Louisiana passed to his heavenly home peacefully and surrounded by his family on February 21, 2023. He was born July 7, 1950 to the union of his parents George R. (Buddy) and Ruby Henry. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday February 23, 2023 at the Urania Cemetery in Urania,...
Kandace Mills
Feb 19, 2023
Funeral services for Kandace "KanKan" LaShay Mills will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, February 23, 2023, at the Beouf River Worship Center (The Woolen Lake Church) with her mother, Jo Mills officiating and Tony Robinson reading the eulogy. This will conclude the services as a private interment will follow under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be...
Audrey Lene Myers Wolf
Feb 18, 2023
Audrey Lene Wolf was born January 17, 1943, in Monticello, LA to the union of Luther and Verlon “Tally” Myers. She was the second born to their family of five. She stepped into the arms of her Jesus on February 18, 2023, at her home in Hebert, LA.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, James Luther...
Betty Ann Ostteen Scroggs
Feb 17, 2023
Graveside Funeral services for Betty Ann Ostteen Scroggs, age 76 of Columbia will be held on 10:00 AM, Monday, February 20, 2023, at the Cross Roads Cemetery at Grayson with Bro. Shane Duke officiating.
Betty Ann was born on December 6, 1946, at Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, the late V. H. Ostteen and Catherine Mullins Ostteen,...
Herman Lee Jordan Jr
Feb 15, 2023
Funeral services for Herman Jordan, Jr. will be held at 1 PM, Sunday, February 19, 2023, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Rev. Joseph Williams officiating and Sister Betty Wooten assisting. Interment will follow at St. Paul Cemetery, Columbia. The Jordan Family will receive visitors prior to the service on Sunday from 9 AM until...
Marjorie Braddock Cain
Feb 15, 2023
Marjorie Dian Braddock Cain, 70, of Grayson, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023, surrounded by her family after a brief battle with metastatic breast cancer. She is preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Maurice Braddock and Benny Braddock.
She was born on December 18, 1952 to Marshal and Bethra Braddock in Grayson, Louisiana. She graduated from Caldwell Parish...
Maynard Barnhill
Feb 15, 2023
Funeral services for Maynard Barnhill will be held at 2 PM, Monday, February 20, 2023, from the sanctuary of Cross Roads Baptist Church, Grayson, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and Bro. Daniel Patton assisting. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The family will host a visitation on Sunday, February 19,...
Brenda Evelyn Brockner
Feb 13, 2023
Brenda Evelyn Brockner was born in Columbia, Louisiana, on March 30, 1950. Her parents were Daniel William Brockner and Evelyn Camille (Mayes) Brockner. She passed from this life on February 13, 2023, at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana, after a brief illness. She was a resident of Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Brenda grew up in Olla, Louisiana, where she attended...
Barbara Ann West
Feb 12, 2023
Funeral services for Barbara Ann Dortch West, age 78, of Grayson will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday February 15, 2023 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Shane Duke officiating. Her sister-in-law, Mona Dortch will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery at Grayson. The family will receive visitors on Wednesday...
Gregory Louis Perkins
Feb 12, 2023
Funeral services for Gregory Louis Perkins will be held 12:00 PM Friday, February 17, 2023 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating and Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, under the direction of Riser and Son. Visitation will be held Friday, February 17, 2023 from 9:00 AM to time of service at 12:00 PM....
Roy Hilton Bailey
Feb 7, 2023
Funeral services for Roy Hilton Bailey will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 10, 2023 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating, and Courtney Dunn assisting and Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, February 9, 2023. Roy was born November...
Rebecca "Becky" Kay Franklin
Feb 6, 2023
Rebecca Kay Franklin was born on April 2, 1961, to the union of her parents, James Noe Franklin and Christine Manly Franklin and she passed from this life February 6, 2023 at Glenwood Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Becky had a big heart and enjoyed life. She loved visiting everybody, spoiling her niece & nephew and their rugrats,...
Nancy Lou Nugent
Feb 5, 2023
Funeral Services for Nancy Lou Beckley Nugent will be held at 10:00 AM, February 9, 2023, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA., with Bro. Kent Nugent officiating, and interment following at Sandy Bayou Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Riser Funeral Home, Wednesday, February 8, 2023, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Nancy Nugent was...
Willis Albert "Tarby" Tarver II
Jan 31, 2023
Willis A. “Tarby” Tarver II, a great character and storyteller, was born on September 4, 1947, in Monroe, LA at the Wright Bendel Clinic to his parents, Willis A. Tarver and Imogene Branch Tarver. He was named by his Aunt Lillian Tarver.
His earlier years were spent in rural Colorado where his parents were educators. Tarby hunted and fished in...
Jared Daniel Childress
Jan 26, 2023
Jared Daniel Childress
November 19, 1986 – January 26, 2023
Jared Daniel Childress was lovingly welcomed into this world on November 19, 1986, at Kings Daughters Hospital in Greenville MS.
In July 1987, he and his family traveled up Hwy 61 (Blues Highway) to his new home in Collierville, TN (just outside Memphis TN). In 1993, he began his educational...