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Timothy Andrew Sellers, Jr.

Timothy Andrew Sellers, Jr.

Mar 31, 2022

Funeral services for Timothy Andrew Sellers, Jr., age 44 of Calhoun, will be held 2:00, Monday, April 4, 2022, from the sanctuary of Calhoun First Baptist Church at Calhoun with Bro. Neil Everett officiating. Interment will follow in the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be at the church on...

David Wayne Banes

David Wayne Banes

Mar 28, 2022

On March 28, 2022, David Wayne Banes, a son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, passed away in the comfort of his own home in Urania, LA, at the age of 63. He was born on August 22, 1958, in San Francisco, CA to the union of his parents, James Carl Banes, Sr. and Carol Geeting.

As a longtime resident of...

Melissa Ann Tarver

Melissa Ann Tarver

Mar 28, 2022

Melissa Ann Tarver, age 64 of Grayson and former resident of Cutoff, Louisiana was born on September 6, 1957, at Ferriday, LA to the union of Riley James Powell and Hettie Mae Parsons Powell and she passed from this life on March 28, 2022, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe following an extended illness. 

Melissa was known for...

Carroll Lynn "C.L." Stamper

Carroll Lynn "C.L." Stamper

Mar 27, 2022

Funeral services for Carroll Lynn "C.L." Stamper will be held at 3 PM, Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Cross Roads Baptist Church, Grayson, LA, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and Bro. Daniel Rogers assisting. Interment will follow at Cross Roads Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will hold a visitation prior to the service on...

JoAnn Jackson Kelly

JoAnn Jackson Kelly

Mar 26, 2022

Funeral services for JoAnn Jackson Kelly, age 83 of Columbia, will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Bethany Baptist Church with Bro. Ed Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Duchesne Family Cemetery at Hebert, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Bethany Baptist Church...

Annie Chapman Griffin

Annie Chapman Griffin

Mar 25, 2022

Funeral services for Annie Marie Chapman Griffin, age 90 of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, March 27, 2022, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with her brother-in-law, Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. The family will have a visitation at the funeral home prior to the service...

Linda Yvonne McClanahan

Linda Yvonne McClanahan

Mar 24, 2022

Funeral services for Linda Yvonne McClanahan will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, March 26, 2022, from the sanctuary of Bethany Baptist Church, Hebert, LA with Bro. Marvin Tabora officiating and with Sister Kristy Dunn and John Godwin assisting. Interment will follow at Bethany Cemetery, Hebert under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The visitation for family...

Joyce Horne Arrington

Joyce Horne Arrington

Mar 21, 2022

Private Graveside family services will be held at Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Myrdie M Perot

Myrdie M Perot

Mar 21, 2022

Funeral services for Myrdie Marie Perot, age 86 of Winnfield and formerly of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2022, from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home with Bro.  Wilson McGaha officiating, Interment will follow in the Perot Family Plot in Columbia Hill Cemetery. The Perot Family will host visitation at the funeral...

Calvin Ray Wyant

Calvin Ray Wyant

Mar 20, 2022

Funeral services for Calvin Ray Wyant, age 90 of Columbia, will be held 10:00 AM, Thursday, March 24, 2022, from the sanctuary of Cross Roads Baptist Church with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home. The visitation will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2022,...

OJ Dilley

OJ Dilley

Mar 19, 2022

Funeral services for OJ Dilley, Jr. will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. 

OJ was preceded in death by his father, OJ Dilley, Sr.; his Grandmother and Grandfather Bruce; his grandparents, Joe and Alma Dilley;...

Mary Louise (Sissy) Cornwell Long

Mary Louise (Sissy) Cornwell Long

Mar 18, 2022

Mary (Sissy) Louise Cornwell Long departed from this life to her Heavenly home, Friday, March 18, 2022, at the age of 86. She was born February 29, 1936, to the union of Pauline LaCaze Cornwell and Quincy Earl Cornwell. Sissy (Grandma) was preceded in death by her parents, Pauline and Quincy Cornwell, sister, Virginia Callahan (Algie), and brother, Paul Cornwell...

Johnny Albritton

Johnny Albritton

Mar 15, 2022

Funeral services for John Henry "Johnny" Albritton, age 74 of Olla, LA, will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, March 17, 2022 from the Olla chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Olla, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at Olla Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home prior to the service beginning at...

John Albert Whittington

John Albert Whittington

Mar 14, 2022

Graveside services and burial for John Albert Whittington, age 88 of Columbia, will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Visitation will be held at 10:00 AM until time of service.

John Albert Whittington was born on June 28, 1933, in San Antonio, TX to the union of his...

Willie Juanice Poole

Willie Juanice Poole

Mar 12, 2022

 

Funeral services for Willie Juanice Poole will held Monday, March 14, 2022, at 2:00 PM at the Cornerstone Apostolic Church, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, with internment at Squires Cemetery. The visitation will be from 11:00 AM until time of service. 

Willie was born on December 17, 1941, in Jonesville to the union of her...

Velma Ruth Johns Nelson

Velma Ruth Johns Nelson

Mar 11, 2022

Funeral services for Velma Ruth Nelson, 72 from  Columbia, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at Riser & Son Funeral Home chapel in Columbia, LA. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on March 15, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Interment will follow in the Beouf River Worship Center Cemetery at Woolen Lake,...

Robert D.  Collinson

Robert D. Collinson

Mar 11, 2022

Robert D. Collinson, age 58, a longtime Columbia resident was born on August 18, 1963 at Monroe, LA to his late parents J.W. Collinson and Annie Marie Clark Collinson. He passed from this life on March 11, 2022 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe.

If anyone in the town of Columbia needed assistance with any handyman issues, Robert was...

Jimmy Wayne Denison

Jimmy Wayne Denison

Mar 10, 2022

Funeral services for Jimmy Wayne Denison, age 68 of Kelly, LA, will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, March 13, 2022, from the sanctuary of Urania Pentecostal Church in Urania with Bro. Clay Hutto officiating. Assisting him will be Bro. David Poole and Bro. Mike Russell. Interment will follow the service at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA under the direction...

Julie Ann Hutchinson

Julie Ann Hutchinson

Mar 7, 2022

Memorial services for Julie Ann Hutchinson will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, March 12, 2022, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Pastor Dean Love officiating. The family will have visitation prior to the service from 10 AM until 12 PM at the funeral home. 

Julie Ann Hutchinson was born in Memphis, TN...

Marion Kay Strange Knowles

Marion Kay Strange Knowles

Mar 3, 2022

Funeral services for Marion Kay Strange Knowles, age 64 of De Soto, Missouri and formerly of Columbia, LA will be at 2:00 PM on Thursday March 10, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, west of Columbia. The Strange Knowles Family will host visitation on Wednesday March 9,...

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