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Mark Steven Escalon

Mark Steven Escalon

Jan 2, 2024

Funeral services for Mark Escalon will be held 2:00 PM, January 6, 2024 at Fellowship Baptist Church, in Columbia, La. with Bro. John Jones officiating and Bro. Chris Bennett assisting with interment following in Fellowship Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, January 5, 2024 at Fellowship Baptist Church.

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Leonard "Bud" Rankin

Leonard "Bud" Rankin

Dec 29, 2023

Funeral services for Leonard "Bud" Rankin will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, from the sanctuary of Tullos First Baptist Church, Tullos, LA, with his son, Bro. Brian Rankin officiating and Bro. Scott Smith assisting. Interment will follow at New Union Cemetery, Tullos, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Olla. The family will have...

Mary Francis Hankemeier

Mary Francis Hankemeier

Dec 27, 2023

Celebration of Life and visitation for Mary Francis Hankemeier, age 83 of Olla will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, December 30, 2023 from the Olla chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with layman, Jim Pierce officiating. The family will receive visitors  beginning at 10:00 AM.

Mary Francis Hankemeier was born on January 21, 1940 at Winnfield, LA to the...

Patricia Nell Irby

Patricia Nell Irby

Dec 22, 2023

 

Patricia Nell Smith Irby was born July 9, 1936 in Clarks, LA, a backwoods rural town, to the union of Robert A. "Bob" Smith and Harriette Thelma Rogers.  Clarks was a well-known town for its lumber industry. There were rail spurs running in all directions to harvest the virgin pine and hardwood trees being railed back to Clarks.  It...

James Denison

James Denison

Dec 22, 2023

Funeral services for James Denison will be held at 2:00 PM, December 28, 2023, at Fellowship Baptist Church with Bro. Chris Bennett officiating, Bro. Roger Johnson along with Bro. Bobby White assisting. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at Fellowship Baptist Church from 5:00 PM...

Joan Davis Rachal

Joan Davis Rachal

Dec 22, 2023

Memorial services for Joan Rachal will be held 11:00 AM, December 30, 2023, at the Olla Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until time of service.

Myrtis Joan Davis Rachal was born in Olla, Louisiana, January 24, 1936, to the union of her parents, Buddy Davis and Inez McMillin Davis, and she passed peacefully at Cabrini Hospital...

Mary Christine Mayes

Mary Christine Mayes

Dec 19, 2023

Graveside services for Christine Mayes will be held 10:00 AM, Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Adams Cemetery with Jamie Hawthorne officiating and Bro. Duane Moreno assisting with interment following under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until time of service at 10:00.

Mary Christine Mayes was born March 11, 1927 in Sikes,...

Ingvil Anton Hillestad

Ingvil Anton Hillestad

Dec 18, 2023

Funeral services for "I.A." Hillestad, age 104 will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, December 21, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors on Thursday at the funeral home prior to the service from 11AM until...

Regina Suzette Chambola

Regina Suzette Chambola

Dec 16, 2023

Funeral services for Regina Suzette Meredith Chambola will be held at 2:00 PM. Thursday, December 21, 2023, from the sanctuary of Fellowship Baptist Church, Columbia, Louisiana, with Bro. Chris Bennett officiating. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, Louisiana. The family will receive visitors on Thursday prior to the service from noon to 2:00 PM, at the church.

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Obie Edward Jones

Obie Edward Jones

Dec 16, 2023

Obie Edward Jones peacefully went to be with the Lord on December 16, 2023, at the age of 65. Funeral services will be held at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, Louisiana, on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at 12:00 pm with Bro. Bobby Wilson officiating.  A visitation for family and friends will be from 10:00 am-12:00 pm at Riser Funeral Home in...

Dottie Mae Gibson

Dottie Mae Gibson

Dec 14, 2023

Funeral services for Dottie Mae Gibson, age 82 of Columbia, will be held Sunday, December 17, 2023, at 2 PM, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Taylor's Chapel Cemetery, Summerville, LA. A visitation will be held Sunday prior to the service from noon until 2 PM...

Robert Lavell Hatten

Robert Lavell Hatten

Dec 13, 2023

Funeral services for Robert Lavell Hatten will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Paul Swinnea officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held December 16, 2023, at the funeral home from 12:00 PM to time of service at 2:00....

Timothy Lee Holloway

Timothy Lee Holloway

Dec 11, 2023

 

Memorial services for Timothy Lee Holloway of Columbia, Louisiana, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, December 14, 2023, at First Baptist Church of Columbia. The family will receive visitors at the church prior to the servicefrom noon to 2 P.M. Tim was born November 27, 1956, in Monroe, Louisiana, and he passed from this life on December 11,...

Ella Virginia Emig

Ella Virginia Emig

Dec 10, 2023

Ella Virginia Emig was born in Olla, LA, on July 4, 1939, to the union of her parents, Hershel F. Nugent and Nora Snoddy Nugent, and she passed from this life on December 10, 2023, at her home in Olla. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, George Emig; and her siblings: Brenda McClary (Russell), Delton Nugent...

Donald Micheal Billmeier

Donald Micheal Billmeier

Dec 9, 2023

Celebration of life for Donald Billmeier will be held Monday December 18, 2023 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM in the Chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia LA. with Bro. Heath Barnhill speaking at 6:00 PM.

Donald Micheal Billmeier was born June 6, 1937 in Dedham, Iowa to the union of his parents, Micheal Billmeier and Clara Lohman Billmeier Koester...

Rodger Lee Bratton Sr

Rodger Lee Bratton Sr

Dec 9, 2023

Funeral services for Rodger Bratton Sr., will be held 10:00 AM, Thursday, December 14, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, Louisiana with Rev. John Norwood officiating. Interment will follow at Little Star Cemetery, Holum, LA, under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 5:00PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the funeral home in...

Thomas John Weir

Thomas John Weir

Dec 8, 2023

Thomas John Weir was born March 10, 1946, in Maywood, CA, to the union of his parents, John David Weir and Arlene Fitzsimmons Weir, and he went peacefully to be with the Lord on December 8, 2023, in Columbia, LA. Thomas was a resident of Ojai, CA, but loved spending time in Louisiana with his beloved family. He had embraced...

Jerry Annette Nealy

Jerry Annette Nealy

Dec 5, 2023

A Celebration of Life Service for Jerry Annette Nealy will be held at 5:00 PM, Friday, December 8, 2023, from the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Columbia, with Pastors Kevin Bates and Eric Harriman officiating. The family will have visitation prior to the service from 4 PM until time of service at 5 PM at the church. A private...

Donna Sue Blackman Hanks

Donna Sue Blackman Hanks

Dec 3, 2023

Donna Sue Blackman Hanks was born January 8, 1947 in  St. Helens, Oregon to her parents, John T. Blackman and LuElla McKeithen Blackman and passed from this life on December 3, 2023 at Haven Nursing Home in Columbia, La. Donna was preceded in death by her parents and husband Donald Wayne Hanks.

Luke 10:34 And went to him, bound up...

Joyce Ann Canterberry

Joyce Ann Canterberry

Dec 3, 2023

Funeral services for Joyce Ann Canterberry will be held at 10 AM, Friday, December 8, 2023, from the sanctuary of Holum Baptist Church, Holum, Louisiana, with Bro. Tommy Prince officiating. Interment will follow at Holum Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will have visitation at the church on Thursday, December 7,...

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