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Seth Colten Shipp

Seth Colten Shipp

Nov 12, 2013

Funeral services for Seth Colten Shipp, age 21 of Grayson, will be at 3:00 PM Saturday, November 16, 2013 at Bethany Baptist Church in Hebert with Bro. Billy McClanahan officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday From 5:00 PM till 9:00 PM at the church. Services will be under the direction of Riser Funeral Home...

Helen Wallace

Helen Wallace

Nov 12, 2013

Funeral services for Helen L. Wallace, age 83, of Urania will be held 3:00 PM Friday, November 15, 2013 from the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Tullos; with the Rev. Scott Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Urania Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia and Olla. Visitation will be on Thursday November 14,...

Donald Griffin

Donald Griffin

Nov 12, 2013

Funeral services for Donald Griffin, age 60 and Ann Carroll Griffin, age 55, will be held at 2 PM Friday, November 15, 2013 from the sanctuary of Columbia Heights Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Sandy Bayou Cemetery, east of Columbia. Visitation will be Thursday evening, November 14, 2013 at Columbia Heights Baptist Church from 5 PM to 9 PM....

Allen Atkinson

Allen Atkinson

Nov 12, 2013

Funeral services for Allen Michael Atkinson, known by everyone as "Big Sexy" age 23, of Grayson will be held 1:00 PM Saturday from the sanctuary of Covenant Christian Worship Center in Columbia, with Brother Dean Love officiating. Interment will follow in the Bethany Cemetery at Hebert under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be on Friday November...

Shelton "Shep" Moore

Shelton "Shep" Moore

Nov 11, 2013

Funeral services for Shelton "Shep" Moore, age 75 of Grayson, will be held at 2 PM Thursday, November 14, 2013 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and Bro. Jerry Wayne Hendrixson delivering the eulogy. Interment will follow at Old Union Cemetery in Grayson, LA. Visitation will be Wednesday evening at Riser...

Jean Ostten

Jean Ostten

Nov 7, 2013

Jean Ostten passed from this life to Heaven on November 7, 2013 from Bryant, Arkansas after a long illness. She was born August 2, 1939 to Tannyhill Granger and Maggie Deshotel Granger. She was preceded in her death by her daughter Sandra Kay McKenney her father Tannyhill Granger, mother Maggie Deshotel Granger, four brothers, Horace Granger, Hosey Granger, Clinton Granger...

Albert James "AJ" Douglas

Albert James "AJ" Douglas

Nov 6, 2013

Albert James Douglas was born September 6, 1923 in Grayson, Louisiana to the union of Lonnie Alfred Douglas and Ethel Volentine. He passed from this low ground of sin and sorrow on November 6, 2013 at the age of 90 years and two months to dwell forevermore in the sweet presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. AJ, as...

Laura Pardue

Laura Pardue

Nov 4, 2013

Funeral services for Laura McClanahan Pardue, age 87 of Pomona, CA will be held at 10 AM Friday, November 22, 2013 from the sanctuary of Bethany Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Rankin and Rev. Billy Lane McClanahan officiating. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday morning from 9 AM until time of service. Mrs. Pardue was born...

Clayton "Buckshot" Stapleton

Clayton "Buckshot" Stapleton

Nov 2, 2013

Funeral services for Clayton "Buckshot" Stapleton, age 89 of Columbia, LA will be held at 2 PM Thursday, November 7, 2013 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Jerry Wayne Hendrixson officiating. Interment will follow at Belah Cemetery in Jena, LA. Visitation will be Wednesday evening at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia from 5 PM to...

Estelle McKnight Conner

Estelle McKnight Conner

Oct 31, 2013

Graveside services for Estelle McKnight Conner, age 84, of Lake Charles, formerly of Kelly, will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles. There will be no visitation. Estelle was born July 9, 1929 in Luxora, Arkansas to the union of Floyd and Clara McKnight and she passed from this life at the...

Ralph Bryan Hatten

Ralph Bryan Hatten

Oct 28, 2013

Ralph Bryan Hatten , known by everyone as *Skip* was born on March 7, 1960 at Rock Ledge, Florida to the union of his parents, Arnold Ralph *Gene* Hatten and Donna Lee (Hansel) Hatten, and passed from this life on Monday October 28,2013 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport. He was preceded in death by his father, and...

Jr. Ballard

Jr. Ballard

Oct 28, 2013

Murphy David Ballard, Jr., a longtime resident of Clarks, LA, and a current resident of Patterson, LA, died peacefully October 28, 2013, at his home in Patterson. He was born in Clarks, LA, on July 9, 1929, to the union of Murphy David Ballard, Sr., and Carrie Durbin Ballard. He was retired from Atlas Construction Company after 41 years, beginning...

Melba Nation

Melba Nation

Oct 26, 2013

Funeral services for Mrs. Melba Jean Nation age 67 of Grayson will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday October 29, 2013 from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with the Rev. Dottie Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. Visitation will be on Monday October 28, 2013 at the funeral home from 2:00 PM until...

Melvin Ashley

Melvin Ashley

Oct 24, 2013

Graveside services for Mr. Melvin Ashley, age 68 of Olla, formerly of Berwick, LA will be held at 2 PM Friday, October 25, 2013 at Shady Grove Cemetery in Sikes, LA with Pastor Betsy Honeycutt officiating. Mr. Ashley was born on November 6, 1944 in Centerville, LA to the union of his parents the late, Steven Persilver Ashley and the...

Jerry Elliott

Jerry Elliott

Oct 21, 2013

Jerry Wayne Elliott, age 55, of Prairieville, LA passed away on October 21, 2013. Jerry, formerly of Oak Grove was a millwright. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

II Woolley

II Woolley

Oct 20, 2013

Graveside services for Weldon Bernard Woolley, II, age 70 of Columbia, will be held at 10 AM Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Burroughs Garden of Memories Cemetery, east of Columbia. Mr. Woolley was born on October 30, 1942 in New Orleans, LA to the union of his parents, Weldon B. Woolley and Marie Pounders Woolley and passed from this life...

Kayleen May Hillestad Benson

Kayleen May Hillestad Benson

Oct 9, 2013

On October 9, 2013 Kayleen May Hillestad Benson passed from this life to be with her Lord and Savior. Kayleen was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker, and friend. Born to the union of I.A. and Dorothy Hillestad on July 22, 1949 in Huron, South Dakota, she resided in Clarks, Louisiana. Kayleen was preceded in death by her father-in-law and...

James Michael "Mike" North

James Michael "Mike" North

Oct 3, 2013

Funeral services for James Michael "Mike" North, age 62, of Urania, will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Olla with Bro. Johnnie Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at the Olla Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia and Saturday from 9:00...

Sr. Lawrence

Sr. Lawrence

Oct 1, 2013

Memorial services for Larry Wayne Lawrence, Sr., age 62, of Olla will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, October 7, 2013 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia. Visitation will be Monday from 12:00 PM until service time at the funeral home. Larry was born May 3, 1951 in Arkansas and he passed from this life on October...

Jackie Adams

Jackie Adams

Sep 28, 2013

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Jackie Pope Adams of Missouri City, Texas and formerly of Columbia, Louisiana will be held 10:00 am Tuesday October 1, 2013 at the Columbia Hill Cemetery at Columbia, under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. Jackie Pope Adams was born on November 15,1922 in Marion County, Mississippi; and passed from this life on September...