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Earl Loyd "Hooper" Nealy
Oct 1, 2025
Funeral services for Earl " Hooper" Nealy, age 87 of Columbia and formerly of Franklin Parish, will be held at 5:00 PM, Sunday, October 5, 2025, from the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Columbia with Bro. Bobby McGuire officiating. Longtime friend, Eugene Dunn will deliver the eulogy and Bro. Eric Harriman will offer a closing word of prayer. Burial...
Merlene Harris
Sep 30, 2025
Funeral services for Merlene Harris will be held 10:00 AM, Thursday, October 2, 2025, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, Louisiana with Bro. E.R. Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Pinehill Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
Dorothy Merlene King Harris...
Bettye Lou Meredith
Sep 27, 2025
Bettye Lou Meredith
Bettye Lou was born on October 12, 1951, in Urania to the union of her parents, Cecil and Audie Meredith. She passed from this life on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 73 years of age.
Graveside services will be at Beach Creek Cemetery on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM, with Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Family and friends will...
Jesse Floyd McDowell
Sep 27, 2025
Funeral services for Jesse Floyd McDowell, age 61 of Columbia will be held on Monday September 29, 2025 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. at 10:00 AM Bro Marty Earnest will officiate the service. The McDowell Family will receive visitors on Sunday September 28, 2025 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment...
Allan Ray Shelton
Sep 27, 2025
Funeral services for Allan Ray Shelton, age 52 of Olla, LA, will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from the sanctuary of Olla Pentecostal Church with Bro. Jimmy Rowland and Bro. Rodney George officiating. Interment will follow in the Chickasaw Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Olla. Visitation will be on Monday, September 29,...
Helen Alexander Basco
Sep 24, 2025
Funeral services for Helen Sue Alexander Basco, age 94, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 27, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA, under the direction of, Bro. Tommy Basco with Stephen Basco assisting. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery. The family will have visitation at the funeral home on Friday, September...
Bonnie Evelyn Fisher
Sep 18, 2025
Funeral services for Bonnie Evelyn Fisher will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, September 22, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. The family will have a visitation at the funeral home on Sunday, September 21, 2025, from 5 PM...
Jana Michelle Holman
Sep 17, 2025
Funeral services for Jana Smith Holman will be held 3:00 PM, Sunday, September 21, 2025 at Crossroads Baptist Church in Grayson, La with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and interment following at Crossroads Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday at Crossroads Baptist Church from 1:30 PM until time of service at 3:00.
Jana Smith Holman...
John Wayne Rider
Sep 9, 2025
Funeral services for John Wayne Rider, age 79 of Grayson, will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 13, 2025, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Masters officiating. Mrs. Kay Ellerbe will read the obituary and Donald Masters will deliver the eulogy. Burial will follow at Columbia Hill Cemetery. The Rider family will receive...
Mary Jane Mullin
Sep 7, 2025
Mary Jane Farrow Mullin, a lifelong resident of Columbia, Louisiana, passed away September 7, 2025, at the age of 94, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 17, 1930, to her parents, Curtis Farrow and Audria Kendrick Farrow. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Charles Earl "Moon" Mullin, and sister-in-law, Ann Farrow.
A true Southern...
Chris Micheal Garsee
Sep 6, 2025
Funeral Services for Chris Garsee will be held 2:00 PM, September 10, 2025 at Clarks Baptist Church with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating and interment following in Columbia Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held 12:00 until time of service at 2:00.
Chris Micheal Garsee was born May 4, 1986 in Monroe, Louisiana to the union of his parents, Rickey Garsee and Ann...
Ellen Bernelle Faulk Moseley
Sep 5, 2025
Graveside funeral services for Ellen Bernelle Faulk Moseley will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 8, 2025, at Burroughs Garden of Memories in Columbia, Louisiana. Family and friends will begin gathering at the graveside at 10:45 Monday morning. The family will have visitation at Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia, on Sunday, September 7, 2025, from 5:00 PM...
Inez Bailey
Sep 1, 2025
Funeral Services for Inez Bailey will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Columbia, La with interment following in Fellowship Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 12:00 until time of service at 2:00.
Inez Catherine May Bailey was born February 1, 1932 in Columbia, Louisiana to the union...
Patricia Ann Busby
Aug 30, 2025
Patricia Ann Grant Busby was born November 27, 1947, in Monroe, Louisiana to the union of Otho Ocie Grant and Gloria Muriel Harper Tarver and she passed from this life on August 30, 2025, at Citizens Medical Center in Columbia, Louisiana. She was a kind, loving person who loved fishing and going to rummage sales. Patricia is preceded in death...
Royce Dwain Johnson Sr
Aug 24, 2025
Funeral services for RD Johnson, Sr., age 85 of Grayson, will be held at 2 PM Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia. Interment will follow at Old Union Cemetery, west of Grayson. Visitation will be on Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 12 to 2 PM at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia.
Royce Dwain Johnson Sr was born...
Sharleen Lerae Keesler
Aug 22, 2025
Sharleen Lerae Horne Keesler was born October 10, 1988, in Paris, Arkansas, and she passed from this life on August 22, 2025, in Columbia, Louisiana. She left this world too early and will be missed by many. She was preceded in death by her father, David Horne; her mother, Barbara Horne Tassin; her grandmother, Earline Jones; and grandfather, Colin Douglas...
Lisa A Johnson
Aug 17, 2025
Lisa A. Johnson
December 17, 1975 – August 17, 2025
Lisa A. Johnson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at her home on August 17, 2025, at the age of 49. Born December 17, 1975, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Lisa was a woman whose heart was as big as her laugh — both of which touched everyone lucky enough to...
Rita Moore Carr
Aug 16, 2025
Rita Moore Carr was born March 29, 1936, in Opelousas, LA, to the union of her parents, Alfred and Adaline Stelly Moore, and she passed from this life August 16, 2025, at Haven Nursing Home. Rita loved the Lord, going to church, and singing worship songs. She always enjoyed cooking her famous Cajun cuisine, which consist of turtle sauce picante,...
Barbara "Bobbye" Knight
Aug 14, 2025
BARBARA “BOBBIE” JEANETTE DUMAS-KNIGHT
was born on December 12,1941 and passed from this place on August 14, 2025.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Eugene Knight and her eldest son Mark William Knight, her younger brother Gerald Dumas and her sister Donna Lyn Dumas-Mills as well as her parents William Travis Dumas and Myrtie Moore-Dumas.
Bobbie leaves behind her two...
Dustin Bruce DeMoss
Aug 11, 2025
Funeral services for Dustin Bruce DeMoss will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Grayson, LA, with Bro. Dallas DeMoss officiating and Charles Yeats offering the eulogy. Interment will follow at Burroughs Garden of Memories, Columbia, LA, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The family will have visitation at...
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