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Alfred Lane Laird
Sep 18, 2023
Funeral services for Alfred Lane (Al) Laird will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Joe Aguillard officiating and Bro. Kevin Bates and Bro. George Bates assisting. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, under the direction of Riser Funeral Home.
Alfred Lane Laird, 79, of Kelly, Louisiana passed...
Virginia Elizabeth Wyant
Sep 16, 2023
Virginia Elizabeth Parnell Wyant, passed into her heavenly home on September 16, 2023, at the age of 82. Virginia was born on October 22, 1940, to Andrew Jackson Parnell and Lela Hale Parnell. Virginia worked various jobs, but her calling was as a caregiver. She began by caring for her brother and two sisters after the passing of her mother....
Glynn Davis
Sep 15, 2023
Glynn Allen Davis was born in Monroe, LA, April 28, 1951, by the union of Herbert and Nobey Davis, of Winnsboro, LA. Glynn has lived in The Oaks Nursing Home in Monroe, LA for five years. He passed from this life September 15, 2023, in the year of our Lord.
Glynn earned an associate’s degree in electricity from Hinds...
Catina Beckley
Sep 14, 2023
Graveside services for Catina Faye Beckley will be held 2:00 PM, Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at Burroughs Cemetery on Hwy 4 W in Columbia. Visitation will be held from 12:00 until time of service at 2:00.
Catina was born on March 26, 1973, and passed away on September 14 , 2023. She is proceded in death by her parents, Tommy...
Alva Maloy Reitzell
Sep 12, 2023
Alva Maloy Reitzell was born on May 13, 1961 in Texas to the union of his parents, Warren Edwin Reitzell and Theresa Rosas Reitzell. He passed from this life on September 12, 2023 at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia following an extended illness. Alva was preceded in death by his parents and by his sister, Belinda Reitzell Brown.
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Deborah Kay Esters Burrows
Sep 12, 2023
Funeral services for Deborah Kay Esters Burrows, age 62, of Kelly will; be held 10:00 AM Friday September 15, 2023 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Pastor Kristy Dunn officiating. Interment will follow in Chickasaw Cemetery at Olla. The Burrows Family will receive visitors on Thursday September 14, 2023 at the funeral home in Columbia...
Betty Wayne Bennett
Sep 8, 2023
Betty Wayne Bennett was born November 23, 1936, in Columbia, Louisiana to the union of her parents, Paul Wilson and Winnie Walker Wilson, and after an extended illness she passed away at her home in Columbia surrounded by her loving family on September 8, 2023.
Betty married "Joe" Felix Bennett on October 27, 1953, and was blessed with three...
Betty Jean Campbell
Sep 8, 2023
Funeral services for Betty Jean Campbell, age 88 of Grayson, Louisiana, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, September 10, 2023, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home prior to the service on Sunday from...
Wanda Marie Humphries
Sep 6, 2023
Funeral services for Wanda Marie Brown Humphries will be held 12:00 PM, September 9, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, LA, with Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Visitation will be held September 9, 2023 from 10:00 AM to time of service at 12:00. Marie was born January 15, 1949 in Columbia, LA, to the union of her parents, Jack Lee...
Patricia "Trish" Looman
Sep 4, 2023
Funeral services for Patricia Brown Looman will be held at 2 PM, Friday, September 8, 2023, at the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson. The family will have a visitation prior to the service on Friday from noon until the service begins at 2 PM...
Tamela Jayne Shoff
Aug 31, 2023
Graveside funeral services for Tamela Jayne VanEaton Shoff age 64 of Campbell, Texas will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday September 5, 2023 at the Columbia Hill Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia.
Tamela Jayne was born on October 5, 1958 at Juneau, Alaska to the union of Robert VanEaton and Betty Lou Newman and she...
Tollie Melvin Weeks
Aug 30, 2023
Funeral services for Tollie Melvin Weeks, age 86 of Harrisonburg, LA will be held 2:00 PM Sunday September 3, 2023 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie House officiating. Interment will follow in the Heard Cemetery at Manifest, LA. Visitation will be on Sunday September 3, 2023 at the funeral home in Columbia from...
R. L. "Buddy" Watson
Aug 29, 2023
R. L. "Buddy" Watson was born on February 17, 1930, at Kelly, LA to the union of his beloved parents, Dennis Richard Watson and Lillie Mae Currington Watson, and he passed from this life on August 29, 2023, at the Citizens Medical Center in Columbia.
Known to all his friends as Buddy, he loved to play dominoes, go fishing and...
Bill Bailey
Aug 26, 2023
Services for Bill Bailey will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, LA. Visitation will be held from 8:00 AM until time of service at 10:00.
Marion Owen "Bill" Bailey was born in September 9, 1959, in Baton Rouge, LA to to the union of his parents John Smith Bailey and Zella Jean...
Lee Wayne Grant
Aug 25, 2023
Funeral services for Lee Wayne Grant, age 86 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM, Monday, August 28, 2023, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Shane Duke, Bro. Daniel Patton and Bro. Joe Aguillard officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks. The family will receive visitors on Sunday, August 27,...
Randy Beryl Miller
Aug 23, 2023
Funeral services for Randy Beryl Miller age 62 of Kelly will be held 11:00 AM Sunday August 27, 2023 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with family members delivering the eulogy and remarks for their beloved husband, father ,grandfather, brother and friend. Burial will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks. The family will receive...
Rosemary Brown Griffin
Aug 22, 2023
Funeral services for Rosemary Brown Griffin will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, August 26, 2023, from the sanctuary of Columbia Heights Baptist Church, Columbia with Bro. Warren Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow at Rosefield Cemetery, Rosefield, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will have a visitation at the church on Friday, August 25,...
Samuel David Crain
Aug 22, 2023
Funeral services for Samuel David Crain will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, August 25, 2023, from the sanctuary of Outreach Baptist Church, Columbia, Louisiana with Bro. Buster Duplissey officiating. Interment will follow at Old Hebron Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The family will have visitation at the church on Thursday, August 24,...
Mary Evelyn Wilson
Aug 20, 2023
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Evelyn Wilson,"nee Phillips" age 77 of Clarks, LA will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday August 23, 2023 from the sanctuary of Selma Baptist Church at Georgetown with Bro. Joe Bruce delivering the Eulogy and Bro. Carl Phillips delivering the Message. Interment will follow in the Urania Cemetery at Urania with services under direction of Riser...
Lillian Diane Hollenshead
Aug 17, 2023
A celebration of life will be held for Diane, Saturday, August 26, 2023 at Clark's Baptist Church at 5:00 PM.
Lillian Diane Beckham Hollenshead was born January 20, 1969 in Monroe, La to the union of her parents, Regional Hines Smith and Mary Louise Beckham Smith and passed from this life August 17, 2023 at her residence following a brief...
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