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Sammy Paul Redden, Sr.
Apr 24, 2020
Rev. Sammy Redden, Sr., age 61 of Columbia was born on March 24, 1959 at Bastrop, LA and passed from this life suddenly on April 24, 2020 at his home. Before becoming a minster and pastor Bro. Redden served his community as a Gideon for thirteen years. For the past eleven years he had served as pastor of Hebron Baptist...
Joyce Loree Robinson
Apr 24, 2020
Joyce Loree (Ree) Key Robinson was born on January 17, 1949, in Lake Village, Arkansas, and went home to be with her Lord on April 24, 2020 in Columbia, LA. After growing up in Kentucky, she married Eugene Robinson in Oct. 30, 1965 and made Louisiana her home. Ree earned a Degree in Education and Masters Degree in Counseling from...
Jennifer Ann Harris
Apr 22, 2020
Jennifer Ann Harris, age 43, of Ball, Louisiana was born June 10, 1976 to the union of her parents, Ikey E. Harris and Shirley Douglas Harris, and she passed from this life on April 22, 2020 at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, Louisiana after a brief illness. Jennifer was a registered nurse. Her life revolved around her precious son...
William Andrew Hayden
Apr 22, 2020
William “Andy” Hayden passed from this life after a brave battle with cancer at his home in Columbia, Louisiana on April 22, 2020 at the age of 61. Andy was born on February 24, 1959 in Crossett, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his father, Archie Wyant Sr. Andy is survived by his wife-the love of his life, Sue...
Rolene Lathel Griffin
Apr 21, 2020
Sunrise Sunset December 19, 1934 April 21, 2020 Rolene Lathel Griffin was born on December 19, 1934 to the union of Johnny Curry and Johnnie Cross Curry who predeceased her. She joined Brownville Baptist Church at an early age where she was baptized and where she attended church. She enrolled in the Caldwell Parish School System, and graduated from Union...
Bobby Ray Cockerham
Apr 18, 2020
Bobby Ray Cockerham was born in Rosefield, Louisiana, January 12, 1939 to the union of his parents, John Ray and Theo Minerva Cockerham and he passed away at his home in Jonesboro, Louisiana on April 18, 2020. His happiest times were spent with his family. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Keith Cockerham and sister Betty...
Jeffrey Allen Parker
Apr 17, 2020
Jeffrey Allen Parker, age 60, was born July 10, 1959 in Columbia, Louisiana and he passed from this life on April 17, 2020 at his home in the Copenhagen community of Caldwell Parish. Jeff worked in construction but what he loved most was working with horses. He was a gifted horseman. He spent years riding, raising, and training horses. He...
Tommie Hopkins Sanders
Apr 16, 2020
Funeral services for Tommie Sanders will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, April 19, 2020 from the sanctuary of Beulah Baptist Church, 1386 Beulah Rd., Winnfield, Louisiana with Rev. Lamar Carpenter and Rev. Scott Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Pinehill Cemetery, Olla, Louisiana under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Olla. A visitation will be held prior...
Robert Mark Simmons
Apr 12, 2020
Robert Mark Simmons was born March 25, 1956 to the union of his parents, Robert G. Simmons and Holly Faye Tingle Simmons and he passed from this life April 12, 2020 at his home in Grayson, Louisiana after a brief illness. Mark worked many years for Scott Truck and Tractor in Monroe, Louisiana as a diesel mechanic and technician. He...
Merlene Frith Adkins
Apr 11, 2020
Merlene Frith Adkins was born January 27, 1943 in Monroe, Louisiana to the union of her parents, John James Frith and Narvel Wheeler Frith, and she passed away April 11, 2020 at Columbia, Louisiana after a lengthy illness. Merlene loved to be outdoors and working in her yard growing flowers. She was very friendly and never met a stranger. Merlene...
Cynthia Lynn Howard
Apr 11, 2020
Cynthia Oakes Howard was born August 2, 1962 in Kosciusko, MS to the union of her parents Charles Philip Oakes and Glenda Ann Hunt, and passed from this life April 11, 2020 in Alexandria, LA. Cynthia was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She spent her life taking care of her family. She loved and cherished her grandkids. Cynthia was...
Daniel Lee McClanahan
Apr 11, 2020
Daniel Lee McClanahan was born in Columbia, Louisiana July 16, 1947 to the union of Ruby and Annie Hall McClanahan, and passed away at his home April 11, 2020. Dan (as he was better known by) lived in the Hebert community all his life. He was in the second graduating class of Caldwell Parish High School. He at one time...
Margaret Rucker Neal
Apr 4, 2020
Margaret E. Rucker Neal was born July 9, 1940 at Riverton, Louisiana to the union of her parents, Olan Lee Rucker and Ila Cook Rucker, and she passed from this life to her heavenly home April 4, 2020 in Columbia, Louisiana after a brief illness. She was an active member of Jigger Church of Christ until her health prevented her...
Trent Thomas Parkerson
Apr 1, 2020
Memorial services for Trent Thomas Parkerson, age 18 of Trussville, Alabama will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Life Church of Columbia with Pastor Dean Love officiating. The family will receive visitors at the church prior to the service from noon until 2:00. Trent Thomas Parkerson was born February 27, 2002 in West Monroe, Louisiana and...
Gloria Ellerbe Hart
Mar 26, 2020
Graveside funeral services for Gloria Ellerbe Hart, age 77 of Columbia, Louisiana will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 30, 2020 at Fellowship Cemetery, Hwy 846, Columbia with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Services will be under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Gloria Ellerbe Hart was born March 18, 1943 in Winnsboro, LA to the union...
Kathleen Sikes Bickmann
Mar 25, 2020
Graveside funeral services for Kathleen Sikes Bickmann will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Olla Cemetery, Olla, Louisiana with Bro. Bo Prather officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 10 AM at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla. Kathleen Gates Sikes Bickmann was born March 24, 1942 in Sikes,...
Bonnie Dulaney Brown
Mar 22, 2020
Funeral services for Bonnie Brown will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Donald Dulaney officiating. Interment will follow at the Dulaney-Starnes Family Cemetery, Sikes, Louisiana under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia. Visitation will also be Wednesday at the funeral home from 11 AM until time...
Claude Eloy Washer
Mar 21, 2020
Graveside funeral services for Claude Eloy Washer will be held at 11 AM, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Cross Roads Baptist Church, Grayson, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating, assisted by Bro. Daniel Rogers and Bro. Tommy Nelson. Services are under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Eloy Washer, age 81 was born April 8, 1938 in...
Alton Fife Johnson
Mar 20, 2020
Funeral services for Alton Johnson, age 86 of Urania, will be held at 2 PM, Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Olla, LA with Bro. Elzie Johnson and Bro. Jerry Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Harris Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Olla. The family will receive visitors at the funeral...
Fay Hagel Ford
Mar 17, 2020
Fay H. Ford, age 83, of West Monroe, LA passed from this life on March 17, 2020 at her home in Columbia, LA. She became a resident of Columbia as she began a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer and lymphoma in early 2019. Through the years, Fay was an honorary resident of Caldwell Parish as she spent numerous hours supporting...
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