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Leslie Richard Hill

Leslie Richard Hill

Aug 2, 2025

Graveside funeral services for Leslie Richard Hill, age 89 of Marionville, Illinois will be held at  10:00 AM on Saturday August 16, 2025 at the Amity Cemetery, North of Hebert, LA , Richland Parish. Services are under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Hill Family will receive visitors at the cemetery on Saturday beginning at 9:30...

Lizabeth Ann Marie Norton

Lizabeth Ann Marie Norton

Aug 7, 2025

Funeral service for Ann Norton will be held 10:00 AM, Monday, August 11, 2025 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, La with Bro. Shane Duke reading the Eulogy and Chris Wyant delivering the message with interment following in Columbia Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday at Riser Funeral Home from 5:00 PM...

Clara Frances Dulaney

Clara Frances Dulaney

Aug 6, 2025

Funeral services for Clara Frances Dulaney age93 will be held 2:00 PM Sunday August 10, 2025 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home  with Bro. Clyde Fowler and Bro. Randy Hatten officiating. Interment will follow in the Dulaney Cemetery at Sikes in Winn Parish, Louisiana . The Dulaney Family will receive visitors on Saturday August 9, 2025...

Freda Dorcas Tolbert

Freda Dorcas Tolbert

Aug 3, 2025

Graveside services for Dorcas Tolbert will be held 10:30 Saturday, August 9, 2025 at Welcome Home Cemetery with Bro. Elgin McFadden officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until time of service at 10:30 AM.

Freda Dorcas Franklin Tolbert was born in Rosefield on April 13, 1942 to the union of her parents, Homer Carey Franklin and Freddie Florence Clark...

Frances Duchesne Oliveaux

Frances Duchesne Oliveaux

Aug 3, 2025

Frances Louise Duchesne Oliveaux, age 90, of Hebert, LA passed away Aug. 3, 2025, at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia, La.

She was born Dec. 16, 1934 in Hebert, LA, to Clarence "Son" and Emma Gorton Duchesne. Frances, a Hebert native, attended Mangham High School and later married Ellie Oliveaux on Dec. 22, 1954.She worked at Oliveaux Grocery for many...

Noah Arnaldo Santos Ortiz

Noah Arnaldo Santos Ortiz

Jul 28, 2025

Noah Arnaldo Santos Ortiz was delivered into this world asleep in the arms of Jesus on July 28, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. His parents, Asly Carolina Ortiz and Juan Arnaldo Santos, along with other family members will say goodbye at a graveside funeral service to be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, August 1, 2025, at Columbia...

John Wesley Stinson

John Wesley Stinson

Jul 27, 2025

Funeral services for John Wesley Stinson will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, Louisiana with interment following in Old Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 11:00 AM until time of service at 2:00PM.

John Wesley Stinson was born in Jackson, Mississippi on July 10, 1944...

Joy Ivy Davis

Joy Ivy Davis

Jul 25, 2025

Funeral services for Joy Ivy Davis will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, July 28, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA, with long-time friend, Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment will follow at Holum Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will have visitation on Sunday, July 27, 2025, at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until...

Krystal Michele Poole

Krystal Michele Poole

Jul 24, 2025

Funeral services for Krystal Michele Lovett Poole will be held 11:00 AM, Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, Louisiana with Bro. Stephen Laughlin officiating and interment following in Welcome Home Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Monday, August 4, 2025 at Riser Funeral Home from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM.

Krystal...

Debra Diane Ezell

Debra Diane Ezell

Jul 21, 2025

Funeral services for Debra Diane Lowe Ezell will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, July 27, 2025, at Riser and Son Funeral Home chapel in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and Bro. Tommy Nelson assisting. Interment will folIow at Kilpatrick Serenity Gardens, West Monroe, LA. The family will have a visitation on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the...

Shirley Owens Gilmore

Shirley Owens Gilmore

Jul 21, 2025

Graveside funeral services for Shirley Owens Gilmore, age 77 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday July 23, 2025 at the Duncan Cemetery at Mangham, LA with services under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Shirley Owens Gilmore was born on December 11, 1947 at De Ridder, LA to the union of her parents, the late Marvin...

Donna Kay Shipp Graham

Donna Kay Shipp Graham

Jul 19, 2025

Funeral services for Donna Shipp Graham, age 66 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday July 22, 2025 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home . Interment will follow in the Hebert Cemetery. The Graham Family will receive visitors on Monday at the funeral home from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Donna Shipp Graham was born on...

Denis Edward Jacobson

Denis Edward Jacobson

Jul 12, 2025

Funeral services for Denis Edward Jacobson, age 74 of Whitehouse, TX, and formerly of Columbia, LA, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 17, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, with Bro. Stan Wyant officiating and Bro. Bodie Spicer offering the eulogy. Interment will follow at Rosefield Cemetery, Rosefield, LA, with Bro. Zack Anderson...

Samuel Michael "Sammy" McIntyre SR

Samuel Michael "Sammy" McIntyre SR

Jul 7, 2025

Obituary for Samuel Michael McIntyre

October 2,1956 - July 7, 2025

 Sammy passed away peacefully on July 7, 2025 surrounded by family after a short illness. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles V. McIntyre; mother, Lucille N. McIntyre; and Grandson, Michael Blake McIntyre. Left to cherish his memory are his devoted wife, Monica Quaid McIntyre; daughter, Jennifer Evans and...

Vermell Cupples Cox

Vermell Cupples Cox

Jul 6, 2025

Vermell Cupples Cox, 90, of Grayson, peacefully left her earthly home on Sunday, July 6, 2025. She took her last breath in her home surrounded by her loving family.

Vermell was born on January 1,1935, in Winnsboro, Louisiana, to Minnie Roberts Cupples Williamson and Millard Levi Cupples. She was preceded in death by her parents; all seven of her siblings; her...

Dorothy Kay Robertson Gordy

Dorothy Kay Robertson Gordy

Jul 4, 2025

Funeral services for Dorothy Kay Robertson Gordy, age 73 of Monroe will be held 1:00 PM Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from the Columbia Chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with  Bro. Bill Goss officiating. Bro. Shane Nugent will deliver the graveside committal service at Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. Visitation will begin at 11:30 AM on Wednesday until 1:00...

Sharon Sue Thompson

Sharon Sue Thompson

Jul 1, 2025

Funeral services for Sharon Thompson will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 3, 2025 at Apostolic Truth Tabernacle, in Grayson, LA with the Eulogy given by Bro. Curt Jones and Rev. Sherman Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Little Star Cemetery. The family will have visitation on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm, and from 8:00...

Khyson Duran Seals

Khyson Duran Seals

Jun 30, 2025

Khyson Duran Seals was born on June 29, 2025  to his beloved parents Duran Seals and Brandy Jordan.; and passed from this life on June 30, 2025 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, LA. He was preceded in death by his brother Jamare' Simmons.

Left to mourn his passing but treasure his memory  are his parents,; his brothers: Kaiden...

Kirby Chapman

Kirby Chapman

Jun 29, 2025

Funeral services for Kirby Chapman will be held at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson. The family will have visitation prior to the service on Wednesday, at the funeral home, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.

Kirby Chapman, age 69, of Columbia, Louisiana,...

Adam Paul Schrock

Adam Paul Schrock

Jun 20, 2025

Adam Paul Schrock was born on December 12, 1978 at Alexandria, Louisiana  and passed from this life on June 20, 2025 at his residence in Jena, LA.

Adam was a man of action. He didn't just  tell you he was your friend, he showed you. Adam never said "I Love You"  without him truly showing you he loved you. He always...