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James Samuel Duke, Jr.

James Samuel Duke, Jr.

Jul 17, 2022

Funeral services for James Samuel Duke, Jr., age 52 of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, with Bro. Eric Harriman officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. The family will hold visitation prior to the service on Wednesday from 1 PM until 2 PM...

Lyndall Ray Simons

Lyndall Ray Simons

Jul 14, 2022

Funeral services for Lyndall Ray "Lynn" Simons will held at 1:00 PM, Monday, July 18, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Sis. Betsy Honeycutt officiating and Bro. Jim McKeithen assisting. Interment will follow at Adams Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday, July 18, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home starting...

Bonnie P Bridwell

Bonnie P Bridwell

Jul 13, 2022

Funeral services for Bonnie P. Bridwell will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, La with  Bro. CR Martin officiating and Bro. Stephen Laughlin reading the eulogy. Visitation will be Friday, July 15, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home from 5 PM to 8 PM. Bonnie was born in Columbia, LA on September...

Glenda Kirby Pierce

Glenda Kirby Pierce

Jul 12, 2022

Funeral services for Glenda Mae Pierce, age 83 of Columbia, will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, July 15, 2022, from the sanctuary of Bethany Baptist Church, Hebert with Bro. Jimmy Rowland officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will host a visitation on Thursday, July 14, 2022,...

Betty A Lombard

Betty A Lombard

Jul 10, 2022

Funeral services for Betty A. Lombard, age 71, of Grayson will be held 1:00 PM Thursday July 14, 2022 from the sanctuary of Grayson Baptist Church with Rev. John Egbert officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Lombard Family will receive guests on Thursday at...

Billy Ray Long

Billy Ray Long

Jul 9, 2022

Billy Ray Long, age 87 of Columbia, was born on April 29, 1935, at Columbia, LA to the union of his parents, J D Long and Lora Griggs Long, and he passed from this life on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his sister, Rita Bolton. Billy loved hunting...

Barbara Dupree Brown

Barbara Dupree Brown

Jul 8, 2022

Barbara Dupree Brown was born on May 7, 1949 to the union of her beloved parents, Valvis Dupree and Gladys Duchesne Dupree, and she passed from this life on Friday, July 8, 2022 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe following a breif illness.

Barbara was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, She loved to work with crafts....

Charles Edwin Smith

Charles Edwin Smith

Jul 8, 2022

Funeral services for Charles Edwin Smith, age 55 of Grayson, will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Farrar officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. The Smith family will host visitation on Monday, July 11, 2022, at the funeral home...

Brian Alfred Saxon

Brian Alfred Saxon

Jul 5, 2022

Brian Alfred Saxon | March 2, 1968–July 5, 2022

Brian Alfred Saxon was born March 2, 1968 to his parents, Joe Glen Saxon and Helené Diane Saxon (neé Hall), in West Monroe, Louisiana. He passed away on July 5, 2022 at his home in Wylie, Texas, surrounded by the love of his family.

Brian was a graduate of West Monroe...

Barbara Lynn Thompson

Barbara Lynn Thompson

Jun 29, 2022

Barbara Lynn Thompson was born on September 1, 1961 at Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, William Thompson and Macie Moore Thompson. Following a courageous battle with numerous health issues she passed from this life, to life anew, on Wednesday June 29, 2022 at her residence in West Monroe, Louisiana. She was preceded in death by her father....

Wiley Roberts Kelly

Wiley Roberts Kelly

Jun 27, 2022

Funeral services for Wiley Roberts Kelly will be a one day service held Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 10:00 AM, at Bethany Baptist Church with Bro. Ed Smith officiating. Visitation will start at 8:00 AM. Interment will follow at Duchesne Cemetery, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home.  Wiley was born August 4, 1933, in Hebert, Louisiana, to...

Mary Frances "Sugar" Sanders

Mary Frances "Sugar" Sanders

Jun 25, 2022

Funeral services for Mary Frances "Sugar" Sanders will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday June 29, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with. Rev. John Spears, Rev. Travis Sanders and Rev. Billy Ray Stonestreet officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery west of Grayson, LA. The Sanders Family will host visitation on Tuesday June...

Opal Levadis Bozeman

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

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

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.

Those...

Dorothy Day Tradewell

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

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

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.

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

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...