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Jessie Johnson Young

Jessie Johnson Young

Apr 16, 2012

Funeral services for Jessie Johnson Young, age 76, of Olla, will be held 10:00 AM Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Johnnie Phillips and Dr. Ronnie Mitchell officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in Olla. Jessie was born...

Keith Mayes

Keith Mayes

Apr 14, 2012

On April 14, 2012 Keith G. Mayes lost his life to the villain Cancer. He is preceded in death by his brother Kenneth G. Mayes. Keith is survived by his loving wife-companion of fourteen years Joan (Alli) Bodema of Columbia, two brothers William H. Mayes of Georgia, Patrick B. Mayes of Metairie, LA; his mother Susan Cook of Metairie, LA;...

Patricia Grant

Patricia Grant

Apr 14, 2012

Mrs. Pat was born May 13, 1930 and left this world April 14, 2012. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Boykin, mother, Lillian Rutledge Boykin, her son Billy Joe Laird, her husbands, Vester B. Laird and Venice Grant, her sister, Charlotte Allen, and her twin sister, Phyllis Evans Haley. Mrs. Pat is survived by her sisters, Doris...

Patrick Bass

Patrick Bass

Apr 12, 2012

Graveside funeral services will be held 2PM Sunday April 15, 2012 at the Good Hope Cemetery at Kelly under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia.Brother Robert McKeithen will officiate with Joseph Bryant bringing the eulogy. Visitation will be on Saturday evening April 14 from 4pm until 9pm at Riser Funeral Home located at 7131 U S Highway 165, Columbia....

Jesse Farve

Jesse Farve

Apr 4, 2012

Graveside Funeral service for Jesse Farve age 77 of Tullos will be held 2pm Thursday April 4, 2012 at the Urania Cemetery at Urania under the direction of Riser Funeral Home of Olla. Jesse Willard Farve was born on January 26, 1935 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi to the union of his parents William Beaman Farve and Lula Broom Farve. He passed...

Billy Head

Billy Head

Apr 3, 2012

Funeral services for Billy Parnell Head, age 74 of Hebert, will be held at 10 AM Friday, April 6, 2012 from the sanctuary of Bethany Baptist Church with Bro. Brian Rankin officiating. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday evening at the church from 5 PM to 8 PM. Mr. Head was born on December 2, 1935...

Jr. Richard

Jr. Richard

Apr 2, 2012

Memorial services for Edmond L. Richard, Jr., age 86 of Columbia will be held Saturday , April 7,2012 at 10:00am, in the Riser Funeral Home chapel in Columbia with the Rev. Cecil Gregory officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, Friday, April 6, at the funeral home. Mr. Richard was born in Boyce, LA on July 19, 1925 to...

Wanda Sue Bratton Ford

Wanda Sue Bratton Ford

Apr 2, 2012

Funeral services for Wanda Sue Bratton Ford, 62, of Columbia, will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia. Interment will follow at Little Star Cemetery in Kelly. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the funeral home. Wanda was born August 25, 1949 to Millard and Wanda James...

Janice "Jan" Powell

Janice "Jan" Powell

Mar 31, 2012

Funeral services for Janice Darby Powell age 65 of Columbia will be held 2PM Monday April 2, 2012 from the First Baptist Church in Columbia with the Rev. Eric Harriman officiating. Interment will follow in the Columbia Hill Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be on Sunday evening April 1, at the funeral home from...

Kay Ellender

Kay Ellender

Mar 27, 2012

Kay Godfrey Ellender passed from this life on March 27, 2012 . A celebration of life will be held Saturday April 7, 2012 at 293 Synope Drive, Synope Plantation, Columbia, LA. From 3 to 5PM. Kay was born in Columbia, Louisiana on February 13, 1943, the daughter of Cicero R. Godfrey and Edith Stotts Godfrey. Kay was preceded in death...

Joe Webb

Joe Webb

Mar 27, 2012

Funeral services for Joe Webb, age 65 of Grayson, will be held 2 PM Saturday, March 31, 2012 from the chapel of Riser Funeral in Columbia with Bro. Rick Crandell and Bro. Marty Earnest officiating. Visitation will held Friday March 30, 2012 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the funeral home. Joe was born December 10, 1946 to Earl...

Majorie Parker

Majorie Parker

Mar 25, 2012

Funeral services for Marjorie Walker Parker, age 88 of Urania, will be held at 2:30 PM Thursday, March 29, 2012 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla with Bro. David McGuffee officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Pineville. Visitation will be Wednesday evening at Riser Funeral Home in Olla from 5 PM to 9...

Jannie V. Gates

Jannie V. Gates

Mar 21, 2012

Funeral services for Jannie V. Gates, 91, of Urania, will be held at 1 PM Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Urania Baptist Church with Bro. Bo Prather and Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment will follow at Olla Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Riser Funeral Home in Olla and Saturday from 10:00 AM until...

O'Ree Gore

O'Ree Gore

Mar 21, 2012

Funeral services for O'Ree Johnston Gore, age 80 of Columbia, will be held at 11 AM Sunday, March 25, 2012 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Chaplain Roni Lowe officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson. Visitation will be Sunday morning from 9 AM until time of service. Mrs. Gore was born on...

Pauline May

Pauline May

Mar 21, 2012

Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Legg May, age 92 of Alexandria, will be held at 11 AM Saturday, March 24, 2012 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Anthony Mangun officiating. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery in Clarks. Visitation will be Saturday morning beginning at 10:30 AM until time of service. Mrs. May was...

Sandra Matthews

Sandra Matthews

Mar 21, 2012

Mrs. Sandra Graves Matthews passed away March 21, 2012 at Citizens Medical Center in Columbia. Sandra was born on January 30, 1962 in Texas to her parents Raymond Graves and Peggy Dodd Graves. She was preceded in death by her father and by her step-father Louis Massey. The Matthews Family will hold a private memorial service at a later time....

Nell P. Girod

Nell P. Girod

Mar 17, 2012

Funeral services for Nell P. Girod, 64, of Grayson, will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Jimmy Goodman officiating. Jamie Stapleton will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson. Visitation will be Monday from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM at the funeral...

Raymond Fatheree

Raymond Fatheree

Mar 16, 2012

Funeral services for Raymond C. Fatheree age 82 of Columbia will be held 10am Tuesday from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Boyett officiating. Interment will follow in the Columbia Hill Cemetery in Columbia. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 5pm until 9pm at the Riser Funeral Home located at 7131 U S Highway...

Karen Butler

Karen Butler

Mar 15, 2012

Funeral services for Suzy Parmer Butler age 56 of Clarks will be held 2pm Monday March 19, 2012 from the sanctuary of the Columbia Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Julius Russell officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery west of Columbia. Visitation will be on Sunday evening from 5 to 9pm at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, and...

Ancel McGuffee

Ancel McGuffee

Mar 14, 2012

Funeral services for Ancel Lee McGuffee, age 90 of Enterprise, will be held at 10 AM Friday, March 16, 2012 from the sanctuary of New Ouachita Baptist Church in Enterprise with Bro. James King officiating. Interment will follow at Rosefield Cemetery in Rosefield. Visitation will be Thursday evening at New Ouachita Baptist Church from 4 PM to 8 PM. Mr....