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Christy Franklin Smith
Oct 5, 2025
A graveside memorial service will be held for Christy Franklin Smith at 10 AM, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at Urania Cemetery, N. Pine Rd, Urania, LA. Family and friends will begin to gather at 9:45 AM.
Christy Franklin Smith, age 61 of Kelly, LA, was born November 10, 1963, in Urania, LA, to the union of her parents, Huey Pierce Franklin...
Gary Donald Cobb
Oct 14, 2025
Gary Donald Cobb left this world on October 14, 2025. He was born on March 31, 1964. He died peacefully at his residence in the Woolen Lake Community, Hebert, Louisiana with his German Shepherd Sassy nearby. At this time no services are planned. The funeral home is accepting donations to help his family.
Johnny Lee Sullivan
Oct 12, 2025
Funeral services for Johnny Lee Sullivan, age 31 of Grayson, will be held 1:00 PM, Friday, October 17, 2025, from the sanctuary of Oasis Full Gospel Church with Pastor Betsy Honeycutt officiating. Interment will follow in the Magee-Mount Rose Cemetery at Grayson. The family will receive guests on Friday as well from 10:00 AM until time of service at the...
Beckey Sue Goforth
Oct 7, 2025
Beckey Sue Meadows Goforth was born January 15, 1959 in Dallas, Texas to the union of her parents, Author Meadows and Betty Renshaw and passed from this life October 7, 2025 at her residence in Clarks, La. surrounded by her loved ones. She was full of life, out going, and adventurous. Beckey enjoyed traveling, going to the casino, and the...
Helen Harris Parker
Oct 6, 2025
Funeral services for Helen Harris Parker will be held at 3:00 PM, Thursday, October 9, 2025, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Bro. Duane Moreno officiating. Interment will follow at Oakley Cemetery, Gilbert, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. The family will have visitation on Thursday prior to the service at the funeral home...
Teara and Curtis Carr
Oct 4, 2025
Teara Gay (Gunn) Carr and Curtis Houston Carr, Jr. passed away together on October 4, 2025, in Hampton, Virginia, where they had lived aboard their beloved boat, Gypsy Sol, for the past six years. As in life, they were side by side—bound by a love that carried them through every season and every sea.
Teara was born on May 22, 1954,...
Earl Loyd "Hooper" Nealy
Oct 1, 2025
Funeral services for Earl " Hooper" Nealy, age 87 of Columbia and formerly of Franklin Parish, will be held at 5:00 PM, Sunday, October 5, 2025, from the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Columbia with Bro. Bobby McGuire officiating. Longtime friend, Eugene Dunn will deliver the eulogy and Bro. Eric Harriman will offer a closing word of prayer. Burial...
Merlene Harris
Sep 30, 2025
Funeral services for Merlene Harris will be held 10:00 AM, Thursday, October 2, 2025, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, Louisiana with Bro. E.R. Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Pinehill Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
Dorothy Merlene King Harris...
Bettye Lou Meredith
Sep 27, 2025
Bettye Lou Meredith
Bettye Lou was born on October 12, 1951, in Urania to the union of her parents, Cecil and Audie Meredith. She passed from this life on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 73 years of age.
Graveside services will be at Beach Creek Cemetery on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM, with Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Family and friends will...
Jesse Floyd McDowell
Sep 27, 2025
Funeral services for Jesse Floyd McDowell, age 61 of Columbia will be held on Monday September 29, 2025 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. at 10:00 AM Bro Marty Earnest will officiate the service. The McDowell Family will receive visitors on Sunday September 28, 2025 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment...
Allan Ray Shelton
Sep 27, 2025
Funeral services for Allan Ray Shelton, age 52 of Olla, LA, will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from the sanctuary of Olla Pentecostal Church with Bro. Jimmy Rowland and Bro. Rodney George officiating. Interment will follow in the Chickasaw Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Olla. Visitation will be on Monday, September 29,...
Helen Alexander Basco
Sep 24, 2025
Funeral services for Helen Sue Alexander Basco, age 94, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 27, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA, under the direction of, Bro. Tommy Basco with Stephen Basco assisting. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery. The family will have visitation at the funeral home on Friday, September...
Bonnie Evelyn Fisher
Sep 18, 2025
Funeral services for Bonnie Evelyn Fisher will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, September 22, 2025, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. The family will have a visitation at the funeral home on Sunday, September 21, 2025, from 5 PM...
Jana Michelle Holman
Sep 17, 2025
Funeral services for Jana Smith Holman will be held 3:00 PM, Sunday, September 21, 2025 at Crossroads Baptist Church in Grayson, La with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and interment following at Crossroads Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday at Crossroads Baptist Church from 1:30 PM until time of service at 3:00.
Jana Smith Holman...
John Wayne Rider
Sep 9, 2025
Funeral services for John Wayne Rider, age 79 of Grayson, will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 13, 2025, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Masters officiating. Mrs. Kay Ellerbe will read the obituary and Donald Masters will deliver the eulogy. Burial will follow at Columbia Hill Cemetery. The Rider family will receive...
Mary Jane Mullin
Sep 7, 2025
Mary Jane Farrow Mullin, a lifelong resident of Columbia, Louisiana, passed away September 7, 2025, at the age of 94, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 17, 1930, to her parents, Curtis Farrow and Audria Kendrick Farrow. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Charles Earl "Moon" Mullin, and sister-in-law, Ann Farrow.
A true Southern...
Chris Micheal Garsee
Sep 6, 2025
Funeral Services for Chris Garsee will be held 2:00 PM, September 10, 2025 at Clarks Baptist Church with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating and interment following in Columbia Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held 12:00 until time of service at 2:00.
Chris Micheal Garsee was born May 4, 1986 in Monroe, Louisiana to the union of his parents, Rickey Garsee and Ann...
Ellen Bernelle Faulk Moseley
Sep 5, 2025
Graveside funeral services for Ellen Bernelle Faulk Moseley will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 8, 2025, at Burroughs Garden of Memories in Columbia, Louisiana. Family and friends will begin gathering at the graveside at 10:45 Monday morning. The family will have visitation at Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia, on Sunday, September 7, 2025, from 5:00 PM...
Inez Bailey
Sep 1, 2025
Funeral Services for Inez Bailey will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Columbia, La with interment following in Fellowship Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 12:00 until time of service at 2:00.
Inez Catherine May Bailey was born February 1, 1932 in Columbia, Louisiana to the union...
Patricia Ann Busby
Aug 30, 2025
Patricia Ann Grant Busby was born November 27, 1947, in Monroe, Louisiana to the union of Otho Ocie Grant and Gloria Muriel Harper Tarver and she passed from this life on August 30, 2025, at Citizens Medical Center in Columbia, Louisiana. She was a kind, loving person who loved fishing and going to rummage sales. Patricia is preceded in death...
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