James "J.D." McLain

Funeral services for Mr. James Daniel "J.D." McLain, age 84 of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM on Friday, October 22, 2010 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Donald Woods officiating and Mr. H.L. Brown delivering the eulogy. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday evening at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia from 5 PM to 9 PM. Mr. McLain was born in Ward 5 in LA to the union of Dennis Charles McLain and Julia Cook McLain and passed from this life on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Citizens Medical Center. He served with the US Navy during WWII and retired as a superintendant with the LaDOTD. He was a member of Living Church of God. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; Gladys Richmond McLain and two sisters: Daisy McGough and Gladys Glasco. Survivors include daughter; Sherry Bates and husband, Rube of Kelly, son; Danny McLain and wife, Sharron of Columbia, sister; Cecil Whitstine of Columbia, seven grandchildren: Jaime Bates, Vanessa Bates, Dennis McLain, Angela McLain, Brandy Mills, Melissa McLain and Brandon McLain and seven great-grandchildren: Brooke Bryant Arceneaux, Brittany Bryant, Bryan Bryant, Dylan Mills, Joshua Mills, Hunter Murphy and Alexis Ausberry. Pallbearers will be Tim Richmond, Jamie Bates, Dennis McLain, Bryan Bryant, Troy Coates and Brandon Coates. Honorary pallbearers will be Buddy Whitstine, Brandon McLain and Johnny Haddox.