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Gayle Bassett Dortch

Gayle Bassett Dortch

Oct 7, 2022

Funeral services for Gayle Bassett Dortch, age 76 of Columbia, will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, October 10, 2022, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Pete McCarty officiating. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, Columbia. The family will host visitation on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at the funeral home from 5 PM until...

Paul Daniel Evans

Paul Daniel Evans

Oct 6, 2022

Funeral services for Paul Evans will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Clarks Baptist Church with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating and Bro. Shane Duke reading the eulogy, with Interment at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM., Friday, October 7, 2022,...

Dorothy McClain

Dorothy McClain

Oct 3, 2022

Dorothy Mae McClain, 85 of Columbia, fell asleep in death Monday, October 3, 2022, at the Haven Nursing Center. She was born February 19, 1937, to parents Mary Marbly Smith and Hebert Esaw.

Dorothy had a great love for people, as a result she was loved by many. It was common for her name to come up in conversation and...

Woodean Beth Stegall

Woodean Beth Stegall

Oct 3, 2022

Funeral Services for Woodean Beth Stegall will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, October 7, 2022, at Olla First Baptist Church, with Bro. Dennis Baker officiating. Interment will follow at the Olla Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Olla First Baptist Church from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Woodean...

Earlene Aplin Huff

Earlene Aplin Huff

Sep 30, 2022

 

Elsa Earlene Aplin Huff

June 3, 1931 – September 30, 2022

 

       Elsa Earlene Aplin Huff, 91, of Harrisonburg died early Friday morning, Sept. 30th at The Columns Community Care Center in Jonesville. A native and lifelong resident of Catahoula Parish, Mrs. Huff was a homemaker and former secretary.     She was the daughter of the late...

Martha Sue Lindsey

Martha Sue Lindsey

Sep 23, 2022

Services for Martha Sue Lindsey will be held at 4:00 PM, Monday, September 26, 2022, at the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, in Columbia, LA with Bro. Elzie Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, under the direction of Riser and Son. Visitation will be held Monday, September 26, 2022, from 2:00 PM until the service...

Mallie Marie Lewis

Mallie Marie Lewis

Sep 23, 2022

Funeral services for Mallie Lewis, age 90 of Monroe, will be held at 11 AM, Monday, September 26, 2022, at New Ouachita Baptist Church, Enterprise, LA, with Bro. Norman Bryant officiating. Interment will follow at the Aimoch Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 503, Olla, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will have visitation prior to the...

Louis Albert Mullenix

Louis Albert Mullenix

Sep 23, 2022

Funeral services for Louis Mullenix will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, September 26, 2022, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Brian Rankin officiating. Interment will follow at Hebert Cemetery. The family will hold a visitation at the funeral home on Sunday, September 25, 2022, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

Louis Albert Mullenix , age...

Marlene Beckley

Marlene Beckley

Sep 22, 2022

Services for Marlene Beckley will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, September 25, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with  Bro. Courtney Dunn and Sister Kristy Dunn officiating. Interment will follow at Burroughs Garden of Memories, Columbia. Visitation will be held at Riser Funeral Home, Saturday, September 24, 2022, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Marlene Howell Beckley...

Kaylyn Knighten Doucet

Kaylyn Knighten Doucet

Sep 20, 2022

Kaylyn Morgan Knighten Doucet was born January 30, 1992, in Urania, Louisiana, to the union of her parents, Lanny Ray Knighten and Michele Williams Knighten. She passed away on September 20, 2022, at Grayson, Louisiana. Kaylyn is preceded in death by her grandparents: John Morgan Williams, Delilah and Robert Dupree, and Billy Gene Knighten. Kaylyn loved her family deeply. Her...

William "Sonny" Verne Dyer

William "Sonny" Verne Dyer

Sep 19, 2022

William Verne "Sonny" Dyer, age 92 of Columbia, LA, passed from this life September 19, 2022, at Mary Anna Nursing Home in Wisner, LA. Sonny was born July 13, 1930, in Rantoul, IL, to the union of his parents, Verne and Deliah Selvy Dyer. Sonny was always a hard worker. He loved his family and spending time with his grandbabies....

James Edward O'Quinn

James Edward O'Quinn

Sep 16, 2022

Funeral services for James Edward O'Quinn, age 79 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday September 20, 2022 from the sanctuary of Bosco Baptist Church with Rev. Jessie Bauch officiating. Interment with full Military Honors will follow in the Bosco Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be on Monday September 19 at...

Charles Lynn "Fluky" Braddock

Charles Lynn "Fluky" Braddock

Sep 14, 2022

Funeral Services for Charles Lynn "Fluky" Braddock, will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, September, 17, 2022, at Life Church in Columbia, LA with Bro. Dean Love officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, LA, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Friday, September 16, 2022, at Life Church in Columbia,...

Idel L Noble

Idel L Noble

Sep 6, 2022

Idel Loraine Noble 73 of Zephyrhills, Florida, passed from this life on Tuesday September 6, 2022 at Conerstone Specialty Hospital in West Monroe, Louisiana.

Mrs. Noble was a native of Olla, Louisiana where she graduated from LaSalle High School. She continued her education at Northeast Louisiana University where she earned a degree in education and a masters degree in short...

Brenda Sue Murphy

Brenda Sue Murphy

Sep 5, 2022

Funeral services for Brenda Greer Murphy, age 71 of Columbia, Louisiana, will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, September 8, 2022, from the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Columbia, with Bro. Eric Harriman officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Prior to the service, the family...

Johnny Wayne Aycock

Johnny Wayne Aycock

Aug 28, 2022

Funeral services for Johnny Wayne Aycock will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, August 31, 2022, from the sanctuary of Urania Pentecostal Church, Urania, Louisiana with Rev. Clay Hutto officiating. Interment will follow at Urania Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Olla, Louisiana. The family will receive visitors prior to the service, beginning at 10:00...

Ruth B Holloway

Ruth B Holloway

Aug 28, 2022

Funeral services for Ruth Holloway, age 83 of Columbia, Louisiana, will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, Louisiana, with Cody Earnest officiating and Bobby Cato offering the eulogy. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, Louisiana. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home prior to the service...

Sandra Dee Blackmon

Sandra Dee Blackmon

Aug 27, 2022

A visitation for Sandra Dee Blackmon will be held Monday, August 29, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Sandra was born in Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, Lonnie Busby and Jean Malone Busby, and passed from this life August 27, 2022, at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA....

Allen Dee West

Allen Dee West

Aug 26, 2022

Funeral services for Allen West will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, August 29, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Crossroads Cemetery in Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, August 28, 2022, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Riser Funeral Home,...

Ronny Ray Hatten

Ronny Ray Hatten

Aug 26, 2022

Ronny Ray Hatten, age 69 of Grayson, LA, passed away on August 26, 2022, at his home in Grayson, LA following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2022, from the Columbia Chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home at 3:00 PM with Bro. C.R. Martin officiating. The Hatten family will host visitation at the...