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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...
Gary Lee Poole
Dec 7, 2020
Gary Lee Poole, age 61, was born July 23, 1959 in Olla, LA to the union of his parents Howard Poole and Sherlene Rodgers Herrington. He passed from this life peacefully at home December 7, 2020. Gary was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, Tommy Poole. Those left to cherish his memory are his step-mother, Mary Poole,...
William Edward Thompson
Dec 5, 2020
William Edward Thompson was born on January 12, 1936 in Copenhagen, Louisiana to the union of Jessie and Annie Mae Thompson. He passed from this life, surrounded by loved ones on December 5, 2020 at Baton Rouge General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his brother, James Oglethorpe. Left to cherish a lifetime of memories are his wife and...
Edna Bamburg Shipp
Dec 4, 2020
Funeral services for Edna Bamburg Shipp will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, December 7, 2020 at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Sister Kristi Dunn officiating and Eugene Dunn assisting. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery, Hebert, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors on Sunday, December 6, 2020 from...
Gerald Huey Childress
Dec 4, 2020
Gerald Huey Childress, businessman and lifelong resident of Caldwell Parish, went to his Heavenly Home on December 4, 2020 at Citizens Medical Center after an extended illness. He was 91. Family and close friends will gather for a Private Graveside Service on Tuesday, December 8, 2pm at Roberts Cemetery outside of Kelly LA with Bro. Warren Maxwell and Jay Minard...
Evelyn Nanette Darden
Dec 1, 2020
Funeral services for Evelyn Nanette "Nancy" Darden will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Grayson Baptist Church, 915 Hwy 850, Grayson, LA with Bro. Rick Crandall officiating assisted by Eugene Dunn and Nick Rushing. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will receive...
LaWana Kay Cowart
Dec 1, 2020
LaWana Kay Cowart, age 69, was born August 28, 1951 in Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, Lewis Kennedy and Jewel Parrish Kennedy. She passed from this life peacefully at home December 1, 2020. LaWana was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Lewis; sister, Janice, and a nephew, Billy. Those left to cherish her memory are her...
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