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Juanita Ruth (Franklin) Doffitt
Jan 17, 2026
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Doffitt, age 82, of Grayson will be held 1:00 PM Friday January 23, 2026 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro Eddie Riley officiating. Mitch Bratton will deliver the Eulogy. The Doffitt Family will receive visitors on Thursday evening January 22, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the...
Ruby Lee (Cooper) Grant
Jan 17, 2026
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby L. Grant, age 104, of Columbia will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Clyde Fowler officiating and Randy Hatten and Eugene Dunn assisting. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. She will be interred alongside her beloved...
Bettye Dale Allred
Jan 15, 2026
Funeral services for Bettye Dale Allred, age 85 of Grayson, will be held 1:00 PM, Tuesday, January 20, 2026, from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral home with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. The Allred family will receive visitors on Monday, January 19, 2026, at the funeral home from...
Reba Joyce Ainsworth
Jan 14, 2026
Funeral services for Reba Ainsworth will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 17, 2026, at Rosefield Baptist Church with Bro. Rickey Gresham officiating. Interment will follow in Rosefield Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia.
Reba Joyce Finley Ainsworth was born in Olla, Louisiana, on March 24, 1940, to the union of her parents, Versie Finley and...
Betty Faye (Gordy) Carr
Jan 11, 2026
Graveside funeral services for Betty Faye (Gordy) Carr, age 81 of Columbia will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday January 13, 2025 at the Fellowship Cemetery west of Columbia. Friends and relatives may begin to gather at the cemetery at 12:50 PM.
Betty was born on February 7, 1944 at Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, Wilson Miller Gordy and...
Barbara Gayle Reitzell
Jan 8, 2026
Funeral services for Barbara Gayle Reitzell, age 86 of Columbia will be held 3:00PM, Sunday, January 11, 2026, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Rentz officiating and Ronnie Darden assisting. Interment will follow in the Columbia Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at the Columbia Methodist Church from 5:00 PM...
Eddie Glenn Busby
Jan 8, 2026
Funeral services for Eddie Glenn Busby age 69 of Clarks will be held 2:00 PM Sunday January 11, 2026 from the sanctuary of Clarks Baptist Church with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Union Cemetery west of Grayson under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Busby Family will receive guests on Saturday...
Malcolm Ross Kinnison
Jan 7, 2026
Malcolm Ross Kinnison, 73, died peacefully at home on January 7, 2026 in Grayson, LA. He was born on November 15, 1952 in San Angelo, TX, to Tamridge George and Marie (McClung) Kinnison. Malcolm graduated from Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia, LA in 1971.
He served his country as a radioman in the U.S. Navy and lived many years in...
Margie Adams
Jan 7, 2026
Memorial services for Margie Adams, age 72, of Hebert, La will be held on Saturday January 17, 2026 at 2:30PM from the Olla Chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Russell officiating. Margie's wish was to be cremated. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM and last until time of service at 2:30 PM on the 17th of...
Betty Jo Jordan
Jan 4, 2026
Celebrating the Life and Memory of Betty Jo Jordan
Sunrise: January 29, 1954
Sunset: January 4, 2026
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday January 10, 2026 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. Officiating the service will be Pastor Linda Miller, Mrs. Linda Washington and Pastor Joseph Williams. The Jordan Family will receive guest on Friday...
William Earl Moody
Jan 4, 2026
William Earl Moody Obituary
William Earl Moody, age 86, of Olla, Louisiana, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on January 4, 2026. He was born on April 9, 1939, to Edgar and Willie Mae Moody.
William was a graduate of LaSalle High School, Class of 1957, and remained proud of his roots and community throughout his life. He devoted...
Gorgonio Martinez
Jan 3, 2026
Funeral services for Gorgonio Martinez, age 86 of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 4, 2026, graveside at Columbia Hill Cemetery with Bro. Oris Hall officiating.
Gorgonio Martinez was born May 9, 1939 in Allende, NeuvoLeon, Mexico to the union of Juan Martinez and Virginia Martinez. He passed on January 3, 2026 after a lengthy illness surrounded by...
Joseph Gary Martin
Dec 29, 2025
Funeral services for Gary Martin, age 76 of Columbia, will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, January 2, 2026, from the sanctuary of Outreach Baptist Church with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in the Fellowship Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Martin Family will receive guests on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at the...
Cortez Ledrew Green
Dec 27, 2025
Cortez Ledrew Green was born March 31, 1991, in Monroe, Louisiana. He passed away on December 27, 2025, at 34 years old, in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM. Saturday, January 3, 2026, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, Louisiana. The family will begin greeting friends at 10:00 AM at the funeral home.
Billie Ruth Baum
Dec 27, 2025
Graveside services for Billie Ruth Baum will be held December 29, 2025, at 10am at the Garden of Memories in Winnfield, Louisiana, with Bro. Dick DeBusk officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, Louisiana.
Billie was born December 12, 1934, in Winnfield, Louisiana to the union of Ocie O. Warner and Audie Waller Warner and...
Fannie Ruth Shipp
Dec 25, 2025
Memorial services for Fannie Ruth Shipp, of Hebert, Louisiana, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 3, 2026, from the sanctuary of Hebert Community Church, 696 Hwy 848, Hebert, LA (Columbia).
Fannie Ruth Shipp was born January 1, 1952, in Clarks, Louisiana, to the union of her parents, Charles Archie Howell and Carrie Baker Howell. She passed away December 25,...
Phyllis Grissom Daves
Dec 24, 2025
Phyllis Grissom Daves was born October 5, 1952 in Hayti, Missouri, to the union of her parents, Ezra Matthew Grissom and Varnell Burgett Grissom. She passed away at her home on December 24, 2025, at the age of 73, after a brave battle with cancer. Phyllis worked for and retired from the Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office where she was a...
Jerry Boyett
Dec 21, 2025
Funeral Services for Jerry Boyett will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Olla First Baptist Church with Bro. Johnnie Phillips officiating and Bro. Dennis Baker assisting with interment following in Olla Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, December 26, 2025 at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, La. from 5:00 PM...
David Arnold Powell
Dec 21, 2025
A memorial service honoring the life of David Arnold Powell age 71 of Kelly will be held 3:00 PM January 10, 2026 from the Columbia Chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. Friends and Family will share memories of their friend and beloved relative. Honoring David's request the family chose cremation. The memorial service will include military honors. The family...
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