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Spurgeon Welch Jr
Jul 29, 2022
A celebration of life for Spurgeon Welch Jr., will be held 11:00 AM, Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Welcome Home Baptist Church in Hebert, LA., with Bro. Jim McKeithen officiating a Church Service. Spurgeon was born in Monroe, LA., on May 1, 1929, to the union of his parents Spurgeon Welch Sr and Zula Henry Welch, and passed from this...
Donna Mills
Jul 24, 2022
Funeral services for Donna Mills, age 73 of Columbia, will be held 10:00 AM, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, from the Columbia Chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Bro. Bruce McGee will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery west of Columbia. The Mills Family will receive visitors on Wednesday from...
Rita Joyonne Higdon
Jul 23, 2022
Funeral services for Rita Joyonne Summerall Higdon, age 69 of Monroe, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 30, 2022, from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Eric Hotart officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. The Higdon Family will receive visitors on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the funeral...
Bonnie Muriel Benson McDonald
Jul 20, 2022
Funeral services for Bonnie Benson McDonald, age 89 of Kelly, will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, July 22, 2022, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Joe Aguillard officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks. The McDonald Family will receive visitors on Friday from 11:00 AM until time of service...
Micah Brannon Bailes
Jul 19, 2022
Funeral services for Micah Brannon Bailes, age 48 of Holum, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Jeff Masters officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Riser Funeral Home, Saturday, July 23, 2022, for FAMILY from 9:00 until 11:00, and for...
Earl K Long
Jul 19, 2022
Earl K Long departed from this life into the arms of our Lord and Savior on July 19, 2022, at the age of 86. He was born August 12, 1935, to the union of Verda Pendarvis Long and Felix Long. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Sissy, of sixty-five years; his parents, Verda and Felix Long; brothers,...
James Samuel Duke, Jr.
Jul 17, 2022
Funeral services for James Samuel Duke, Jr., age 52 of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, with Bro. Eric Harriman officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. The family will hold visitation prior to the service on Wednesday from 1 PM until 2 PM...
Lyndall Ray Simons
Jul 14, 2022
Funeral services for Lyndall Ray "Lynn" Simons will held at 1:00 PM, Monday, July 18, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Sis. Betsy Honeycutt officiating and Bro. Jim McKeithen assisting. Interment will follow at Adams Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday, July 18, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home starting...
Bonnie P Bridwell
Jul 13, 2022
Funeral services for Bonnie P. Bridwell will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, La with Bro. CR Martin officiating and Bro. Stephen Laughlin reading the eulogy. Visitation will be Friday, July 15, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home from 5 PM to 8 PM. Bonnie was born in Columbia, LA on September...
Glenda Kirby Pierce
Jul 12, 2022
Funeral services for Glenda Mae Pierce, age 83 of Columbia, will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, July 15, 2022, from the sanctuary of Bethany Baptist Church, Hebert with Bro. Jimmy Rowland officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will host a visitation on Thursday, July 14, 2022,...
Betty A Lombard
Jul 10, 2022
Funeral services for Betty A. Lombard, age 71, of Grayson will be held 1:00 PM Thursday July 14, 2022 from the sanctuary of Grayson Baptist Church with Rev. John Egbert officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Lombard Family will receive guests on Thursday at...
Billy Ray Long
Jul 9, 2022
Billy Ray Long, age 87 of Columbia, was born on April 29, 1935, at Columbia, LA to the union of his parents, J D Long and Lora Griggs Long, and he passed from this life on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his sister, Rita Bolton. Billy loved hunting...
Barbara Dupree Brown
Jul 8, 2022
Barbara Dupree Brown was born on May 7, 1949 to the union of her beloved parents, Valvis Dupree and Gladys Duchesne Dupree, and she passed from this life on Friday, July 8, 2022 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe following a breif illness.
Barbara was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, She loved to work with crafts....
Charles Edwin Smith
Jul 8, 2022
Funeral services for Charles Edwin Smith, age 55 of Grayson, will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Farrar officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. The Smith family will host visitation on Monday, July 11, 2022, at the funeral home...
Brian Alfred Saxon
Jul 5, 2022
Brian Alfred Saxon | March 2, 1968–July 5, 2022
Brian Alfred Saxon was born March 2, 1968 to his parents, Joe Glen Saxon and Helené Diane Saxon (neé Hall), in West Monroe, Louisiana. He passed away on July 5, 2022 at his home in Wylie, Texas, surrounded by the love of his family.
Brian was a graduate of West Monroe...
Barbara Lynn Thompson
Jun 29, 2022
Barbara Lynn Thompson was born on September 1, 1961 at Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, William Thompson and Macie Moore Thompson. Following a courageous battle with numerous health issues she passed from this life, to life anew, on Wednesday June 29, 2022 at her residence in West Monroe, Louisiana. She was preceded in death by her father....
Wiley Roberts Kelly
Jun 27, 2022
Funeral services for Wiley Roberts Kelly will be a one day service held Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 10:00 AM, at Bethany Baptist Church with Bro. Ed Smith officiating. Visitation will start at 8:00 AM. Interment will follow at Duchesne Cemetery, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. Wiley was born August 4, 1933, in Hebert, Louisiana, to...
Mary Frances "Sugar" Sanders
Jun 25, 2022
Funeral services for Mary Frances "Sugar" Sanders will be held 10:00 AM Wednesday June 29, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with. Rev. John Spears, Rev. Travis Sanders and Rev. Billy Ray Stonestreet officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery west of Grayson, LA. The Sanders Family will host visitation on Tuesday June...
Opal Levadis Bozeman
Jun 22, 2022
Funeral Services for Opal Levadis Bozeman will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Life Church in Columbia with visitation Friday, June 24, 2022, Life Church, in Columbia, LA, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM for friends.
Opal Levadis Kraft-Bozeman was born August 28, 1936, and passed from this life peacefully on June 22, 2022. She...
Edward "Eddie" Dawson Dunn
Jun 21, 2022
Funeral Services for Edward "Eddie" Dawson Dunn will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Springhill Baptist Church, Grayson, LA with Bro. Todd Whittington officiating and Bro. Vince Roussin assisting. Interment will follow at Roberts Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Friday, June 24, 2022, at Springhill Baptist...
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