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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 3, 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...
Emilia Claire Simons
Dec 18, 2025
Emilia Claire Simons was born and passed from this life on December 18, 2025 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. Although she never got to experience an earthly life with her loving family, she was ushered into the gates of Heaven and is now sitting at the feet of Jesus, as He,Himself said, Suffer the little children to come...
Bobby Ray Bradford
Dec 18, 2025
Funeral services for Bobby Ray Bradford, age 92 of Natchez, Mississippi and formerly of Olla, LA will be held on Friday December 26, 2025 from the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Olla with Bro. Dennis Baker officiating. Interment will follow in the Georgetown Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Olla. The Bradford Family will receive...
Patricia Jarrell Harper
Dec 18, 2025
Funeral services for Patricia Jarrell Harper will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, December 21, 2025, at Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Bro. Chris Gainous officiating and Bro. Jonathan Broussard assisting. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, LA. The family will have visitation at the funeral home on Sunday from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM.
Patricia...
Mary Virgina Myers
Dec 17, 2025
Mary Virginia Myers was born in Oak Grove, Louisiana on July, 20, 1947 to the union of her parents, Lewis LaForge and Ruth Hill LaForge and passed from this life December 17, 2025 at Haven Nursing Home.
Ginger was easy going, and enjoyed her simple life. She loved going to garage sales, looking around, and collecting anything she wanted. Ginger also...
Morgan Sloane Ballard
Dec 16, 2025
Morgan Sloane Ballard was born February 11, 1987, in Monroe, Louisiana, and she passed away December 16, 2025. She was preceded in death by her grandparents: Raymond Ballard, Sybil Ballard, Leroy Barnette, and Patricia Barnette Rice. Morgan was a true nature lover who loved to be outdoors. She especially loved being on the water, whether boating, fishing, or just enjoying...
Beatrice Maxine Harrelson
Dec 13, 2025
Funeral services for Beatrice "Maxine" Harrelson, will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, December, 20, 2025 at Riser Funeral Home with Dustin Harrelson officiating with interment following in Sandy Bayou Cemetery in Sandy Bayou. Visitation will be held Saturday from 11:00 AM until time of service at 1:00 PM.
Beatrice Maxine Harrelson was born to the union of J.H. McNeil and...
Margaret Louise Kenney
Dec 11, 2025
Margaret Louise Higgins Kenney, age 78, of Columbia, Louisiana, passed away from this life on Thursday, December 11, 2025.Margaret was born on March 19, 1947, in Wisner, Louisiana, to the late W. W. Higgins and Catherine Louise Higgins, both of Sicily Island, Louisiana.Margaret was a unique person who valued her privacy deeply. In accordance with her wishes, there will not...
Penny Dulaney
Dec 11, 2025
Funeral services for Penny Mayes Dulaney, age 62 of Sikes, will be held 1:00 PM, Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Larry Montgomery officiating. Interment will follow in the Dulaney Cemetery near Sikes. The Dulaney Family will receive visitors on Monday, December 15, 2025, at the funeral home from 5:00...
Charles "Den" Harris
Dec 5, 2025
Charles “Den” Harris Obituary
Funeral services for Charles "Denva" Harris , known by everyone as "Den" will be held 10 :00 AM Wednesday December 10 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Pete Molnaird officiating. Interment will follow in the Cross Roads Cemetery at Grayson. The Harris Family will receive visitors on Tuesday December 9, 2025...
Patty Blackman Rentz
Dec 5, 2025
Funeral services for Patty Blackman Rentz age 61 of Minden, LA and formerly of Caldwell Parish will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday December 9, 2025 from the Columbia Chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Murray Twyman and Rev, Alan Miller officiating. Interment will follow at the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson. The Rentz Family will receive visitors...
Aaron Terry Kelly
Nov 29, 2025
Funeral services for Aaron Terry Kelly will be held 1:00 PM, Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church in Grayson, La with Bro. Sherman Jones officiating and interment following in Welcome Home Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Monday, December 1, 2025 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the Apostolic Truth...
Rhonda Jones Jewell
Nov 28, 2025
Funeral services for Rhonda Jewell will be held at 2 PM, Monday, December 1, 2025, from the sanctuary of the Pentecostal Church, Clark’s, LA with Rev. Jeff Masters officiating. Interment will follow at White Swan/Boeuf Prairie Cemetery, Fort Necessity, LA, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The family will have visitation at the church prior to the...
Howard Herman Hogg
Nov 27, 2025
Funeral Services for Howard Hogg, Sr. will be held 11:00 AM, Monday, December 1, 2025, at Cross Roads Baptist Church with Troy Fore officiating, Peggy West reading the eulogy, and a poem by Kyle McGuffee. Interment will follow at Cross Roads Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday, November 30, 2025 at Cross Roads...
Jack R Harris
Nov 25, 2025
Funeral services for Jack Harris, 84, of Pistol Thicket will be held Saturday, November 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Riser Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Aguillard and Johnathon Broussard officiating. The Harris family will receive visitors Saturday, November 29, 2025, from 8:30 AM to the time of service. Burial will follow at Little Star Cemetery.
Jack was born on February...
Doris Jean (Gustafson) Dulaney
Nov 13, 2025
Funeral services for Doris Jean (Gustafson) Dulaney, age 94 of Austin, Texas, will be held on December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home, with Bro. Don DeLukie officiating. Interment will follow in the Dulaney Cemetery in Sikes, LA. Visitation will begin at 12:00 PM, and continue until time of service at...
Marlene Barker Hatten
Nov 11, 2025
Funeral services for Marlene Barker Hatten, age 92 of Columbia will be held 11:00 AM Friday November 14, 2025 from the sanctuary of Pine Hill Baptist Church in Urania. The Hatten Family will receive visitors on Friday from 9:00 AM until 11:00 at the church. Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral...
Yvonne McGuffee
Nov 11, 2025
Funeral services for Yvonne Coleman McGuffee, age 86 of Harrisonburg will be held 10:00 AM Friday November 14, 2025 from the sanctuary of New Ouachita Baptist Church with Bro. Craig McCain officiating. Interment will follow in the McGuffee Section of Rosefield Cemetery at Rosefield. Services have been entrusted to Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The McGuffee Family will...
Mary Poole
Nov 7, 2025
Mary Poole age 87 of Columbia was born on May 27, 1938 and passed from this life on November 7, 2025 at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday November 10, 2025 at the Riser & Son Funeral Chapel in Columbia. Burial will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks....
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