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Felton Jeter
Feb 10, 2024
Funeral services for Felton Jeter will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at Olla First Baptist Church with Bro. Johnnie Phillips officiating and Dennis Baker assisting with interment following in Harris Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Monday, February 12, 2024 at Olla First Baptist Church from 5:00 PM to 8:00...
Billy Ray Poole
Feb 8, 2024
Funeral services for Billy Poole will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, February 11, 2024 at Cornerstone Apostolic Church in Summerville, La with Bro. Daniel McClure officiating and Bro. Jonathan Ashley assisting with interment following in Squires Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 10:00 AM until time of service at 2:00.
Billy Ray Poole was born...
Geneva Irene Stump Masters
Feb 8, 2024
Geneva Stump Masters
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7)”. Geneva Irene Stump Masters, was born February 7, 1933 in Vidalia, LA to the union of her parents Fay Cleveland and Lucy Blanche Sawyer Stump. She passed from this life Thursday, February 08, 2024 after a...
Effie Mae Floyd
Feb 5, 2024
Funeral services for Effie Mae Floyd, age 91, 0f Columbia will be held 1:00 PM Wednesday, February 7, 2024 from the sanctuary of Columbia Heights Baptist Church with Bro. Warren Maxwell and Bro. Bruce McGee officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. The Floyd Family will...
Daniel Adam Vann
Feb 4, 2024
Funeral services for Daniel Vann will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, La with interment following in Kilpatrick Serenity Gardens in West Monroe, La., under direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, February 16, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
Daniel Adam Vann was born...
Jeffery Ray Medley
Feb 4, 2024
Jeffery Ray Medley, age 59, of Grayson was born on July 13, 1964 at Shreveport, Louisiana to the union of his parents, Al Medley and Joan Lovett Medley, and he passed from this life on February 4, 2024 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was preceded in death by his mother.
Jeffrey was employed by Kayes Food Markets as...
Alice Debra "Debbie" Hodges
Jan 28, 2024
On January 28, 2024, Alice Debra Hodges, always known by family and friends as "Debbie" left her life here on this side of eternity. Debbie was born on November 27, 1951 at Columbia, Louisiana. She married the love of her life Daniel Lewis Hodges, Jr. in 1971 and from this union was born their daughter, Adrienne Sage Hodges Steele.
She was...
Sandra Teresa Fatheree
Jan 28, 2024
Services for Teresa Fatheree will be held 2:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 12:00 PM until time of service at 2:00.
Sandra Teresa Perkins Fatheree (10/22/51 - 1/28/24) Born Sandra Teresa Perkins on October 22, 1951 in Columbia, Louisiana to her parents Annie Mae Perkins and William Arthur Perkins, she went...
Lora Anne May
Jan 27, 2024
Lora Anne Shell May, age 85, was born on March 11, 1938, in Grayson, Louisiana, to her parents, Charlie Pendleton Shell and Mary Juanita Brown Shell. She entered Heaven's gates on January 27, 2024, after a brief illness.Lora Anne married the love of her life, Miles E."Pete" May, on January 4, 1957. They had been married almost 50 years at...
Kathryn Willis
Jan 26, 2024
Kathryn Dunn Willis, age 81,was born on December 30, 1942, at Columbia, LA to the union of her parents, the late Creston Dunn and Eula E. Blackmon Dunn. She passed from this life on January 26, 2024, at the Colonial Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rayville following an extended illness.
Kathryn spent her career as a legal receptionist. She loved...
Jimmie Allen Walters
Jan 24, 2024
Funeral services for Jimmie Walters will be held 2:30 PM Sunday, January 28, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, Louisiana with Brother Lamar Carpenter officiating with interment following in Olla Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday, January 28, 2024 from 1:00 PM until time of service at 3:00.
Jimmie (Jim) Walters was born...
Calvin Ray Nugent
Jan 20, 2024
Funeral services for Calvin Nugent will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, January 25, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Jeff Masters officiating with interment following at Welcome Home Cemetery, under direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 24, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Riser.
Calvin Ray Nugent was born on...
Eugenia Lois Kelly
Jan 20, 2024
Eugenia Lois Crawford Kelly, age 70 of Monroe and formerly of Columbia was born on December 4, 1953 in Savannah, Georgia to the union of her late parents, Eldon Eugene Crawford and Joyce Elois Ford Crawford. She passed from this life on January 20, 2024 at Avalon Place Nursing Center in Monroe. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Kisha Rena Rockett
Jan 19, 2024
Kisha Rene RockettWas born on September 18, 1967 to the parents of James Woody Thompson and Judy Annette Thompson in Monroe, Louisiana.She passed from this life and to her new home in eternity on January 19, 2024 at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, Louisiana.She was surrounded by the love of her family and friends as she went peacefully into...
Charles Gary Poole
Jan 19, 2024
Funeral services for Buddy Poole will be held 11:00 AM Monday, January 22, 2024 at Cornerstone Apostolic Church in Summerville, La with Bro. David Poole officiating and Dan McClure assisting with interment following in Squires Cemetery under directions from Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Riser Funeral Home in Olla, La., Sunday,...
Marlene Thompson Meredith
Jan 17, 2024
Funeral service for Anita Marlene Meredith will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday, January 21, 2024, at First Baptist Church of Columbia with Bro. Eric Harriman and Bro. Glenn Carroll Meredith officiating. Interment will follow at Columbia Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will have visitation for friends and family on Saturday,...
James L Wilks
Jan 15, 2024
Funeral services for James L. Wilks, of Hebert will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 20, 2024, from the Columbia chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Doyle Adams officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow in the Bethany Cemetery at Hebert. Visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until time of service at 2:00 PM.
James...
Alice Bernice Farmer Jones
Jan 13, 2024
Funeral services for Alice Farmer Jones will be held Friday, January 19, 2024, at 1:00 PM at Riser funeral Home in Olla, LA with interment following at Urania Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will held 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday, January 18, 2024, at Riser Funeral Home in Olla.
Alice Bernice Farmer Jones was...
Jerry Wayne Young
Jan 11, 2024
Funeral services for Jerry Wayne Young age 69, of Columbia will be held 1:00 PM Saturday January 13, 2024 from the Olla chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Clay Hutto officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Jena . The family will receive visitors on Saturday at the funeral home from 11:00 AM until...

Bryon Keith Sanders
Jan 10, 2024
Bryon Keith Sanders was born on December 3, 1967, at Columbia, LA to the union of his parents, Vernon B. Sanders and Pamela Richmond Sanders. He passed away at home on January 10, 2024, following extensive health issues. He was fifty-six years of age. Bryon was preceded in death by his father, Vernon Sanders.
Left to cherish his memory are...