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Steve Sims
Jan 12, 2021
Graveside funeral services for Steve Sims will be held at 2 PM, Friday, January 15, 2021 at Columbia Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Louisiana. Services are under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Steve was born May 10, 1946 in Oak Grove, LA to the union of his parents, Alfred Joe Sims and Maxine Gault Sims, and he passed...
Myrtis Richmond Stapleton
Jan 11, 2021
Myrtis Richmond Stapleton passed from this life and entered heaven's gates on January 11, 2021 at Haven Nursing Home, Columbia, Louisiana. She was born February 27, 1935 in Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, Jesse Thomas Richmond and Beatrice Taylor Richmond. Myrtis loved cooking, shopping, and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her...
Ellis Auston Weatherford
Jan 8, 2021
Ellis Auston Weatherford age 75 of Olla was born on January 14, 1945 at Winnfield, LA to the union of his parents Clarence Ray Weatherford and Beulah Spangler Weatherford and he passed from this life on January 8, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Weatherford had an extended illness. Ellis Weatherford was a loving husband and...
Timothy Robert Collins
Jan 8, 2021
Funeral services for Timothy Robert Collins, age 58, of Columbia will be held at 12:30PM, Sunday, January 10, 2021 from the sanctuary of Outreach Baptist Church in Columbia with Rev. C.R. Martin and Rev. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in the Liberty Baptist Cemetery at Hale, LA. Services are under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia....
Deana Tingle
Jan 4, 2021
Funeral services for Deana Tingle will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 8, 2021 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Deana will be laid to rest next to her parents at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. Visitation will be held on Friday, prior to the service, from noon until 2:00 at the...
Mattie Eran Weeks
Jan 3, 2021
Graveside funeral services for Mattie Eran Weeks, age 97, will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Cross Roads Cemetery, Grayson, LA with Bro. Frank Wood officiating. Face masks are required for attendance and social distancing guidelines will be strictly adhered to during the service. Mattie Eran Weeks was born September 10, 1923 in Caldwell Parish to...
Yvonne Simpson Quaid
Dec 30, 2020
Funeral services for Yvonne Simpson Quaid will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January, 2, 2021 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Glenn Roark officiating. Interment will. follow at Welcome Home Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of service at 11:00 AM. Yvonne was born October 31, 1934 in New Era, Louisiana and...
Bobby Joe Beckley
Dec 28, 2020
Funeral services for Bobby Joe Beckley, age 73 of Trout, LA will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, December 31, 2020 from the sanctuary of The Pentecostal Church, Clarks, LA with Rev. Jeff Masters officiating. Interment will follow in the Squires Cemetery at Summerville with services under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will begin at...
Willie Marvin Tyler
Dec 23, 2020
Graveside funeral services for Willie Marvin "Boots" Tyler, age 83 of Hebert will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 27,2020 at the Bethany Cemetery at Hebert, LA. Services are under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Tyler family will receive guests on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Riser & Son Funeral Home, Columbia from 5:00...
Lethey Oliveaux Wheeler
Dec 22, 2020
Private graveside services for Lethey Oliveaux Wheeler age 87 of Columbia will be held on Wednesday December 23, 2020 at the Woolen Lake Cemetery at Hebert with her daughter Sarah Jones officiating. Services are under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Lethey Oliveaux Wheeler was born on August 17, 1933 in Richland Parish, Louisiana to the union...
Guy Payne Whitten
Dec 19, 2020
Guy P. Whitten, age 85 of Grayson, LA, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020, at University Medical Center New Orleans, following a lengthy illness. A private graveside service for family and friends will be held at Adams Cemetery (off Hwy 506 W.) outside of Kelly, LA, on Saturday, December 26, 2020, at 10:00 AM, with Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Interment...
William David Kennedy
Dec 14, 2020
William David Kennedy age 70 of Clarks was born on January 10, 1950 in Oak Grove, LA to the union of his parents John Kennedy and Willie Mae Owens Kennedy and he passed from this life on Monday December 14, 2020 at the Cornerstone Specialty Hospital in West Monroe, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents and by...
Danyelle Genette Harrelson Coates
Dec 14, 2020
Funeral services for Danyelle G. Harrelson age 42 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Sunday December 20, 2020 from the Columbia Chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Dustin Harrelson officiating. Interment will follow in the Sandy Bayou Cemetery, east of Columbia. Visitation will be on Saturday December 19, 2020 at the funeral home from 5:00 PM to...
Katherine Elizabeth Swett McDonald
Dec 13, 2020
Funeral services for Katherine Elizabeth Swett McDonald, age 105, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas will be held 2:00 PM, Friday, December 18, 2020 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Lane McClanahan officiating. Interment will follow in the Hebert Cemetery at Hebert, Louisiana. Visitation will be on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the funeral home...
Lloyd Ray Duke, Jr.
Dec 12, 2020
Lloyd Ray Duke, JR , 88 passed from this life on Saturday December 12 at 12:36 AM. He leaves behind his wife of sixty eight years, Carriece Lindsey Duke of Olla; Kay Rider and her husband Gary of Urania, Sandy Bradshaw and husband Mark of Urania; granddaughters; Sarah Peppers, Allison Beaubouef (Justin) and Lindsey Clement (Walter); five great-granddaughters, Hallie and...
Mary Diana Spain
Dec 11, 2020
Mary Diana Spain age 45 of Columbia was born on June 4, 1975 in Stephens, Texas to the union of her parents, Mack Allen Spain, and Diana Mae Watson Spain. She passed from this life on December 11, 2020 at the Christus St Francis Cabrini Medical Center in Alexandria following an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her...
Elmer Lisenby
Dec 9, 2020
Funeral services for Elmer "Bubba" Lisenby will be Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Urania Pentecostal Church at 2:00 PM with Bro. Clay Hutto officiating. Interment will follow at the Olla cemetery, Visitation will be held Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Urania Pentecostal Church from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Elmer "Bubba" Lisenby, 85 of Olla passed from this life December...
James Frederick Sikes
Dec 9, 2020
James “PeeWee” Sikes, age 56, was born November 15, 1964 in Pineville, LA to the union of his parents, Fred Sikes and Eva Octavia Sanders Sikes. He passed from this life December 9, 2020 at Glenwood Medical Center. A memorial will be held Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Life Church in Columbia, LA. He was preceded in...
Lena Vonnez Reitzell
Dec 8, 2020
Graveside services for Lena Vonnez Reitzell will be Saturday December 12, 2020 at 2:00 in Old Bethel Cemetery with Waylan Piercy officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 12:00 until 1:30 PM at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia La. Lena was born April 17, 1929 in Columbia, La. to the union of her parents Earnest Dunn and Annie...
Edna Williams Godwin
Dec 7, 2020
Edna McClanahan Williams Godwin passed onto her Heavenly Home on December 7, 2020, while at the Haven Nursing Home in Columbia, LA after a lengthy illness. Born in Caldwell Parish on October 6, 1923 to the union of Ruben McClanahan and Annie Hall McClanahan, Edna was a resident of Hebert, LA most of her life, moving to Columbia, LA in...