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Larry Wade Higdon
Oct 16, 2022
Funeral services for Larry Wade Higdon, age 69 of Monroe will be held 2:00 PM Saturday October 22, 2022 from the Columbia chapel of Riser & Son Funeral Home. The Higdon Family will receive visitors on Saturday as well from 10:00 AM until time of service. Burial will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson.
Larry Wade Higdon was...
Howard Ray Strebeck
Oct 16, 2022
Howard Ray Strebeck, beloved Dad, Granddaddy and Mandaddy, brother and uncle, passed away on October 16, 2022, in Bossier City, LA. A funeral service celebrating his life will be held at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA on October 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM with Reverend Alan Miller, family friend, officiating and Don Burns, beloved nephew , giving the...
JoAnn Murry Albritton
Oct 10, 2022
Funeral services for JoAnn Albritton will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, October 12, 2022, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Olla, LA, with Pastor Cherish Peppers officiating. Interment will follow at Olla Cemetery. The family will receive visitors prior to the service from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM.
Joann Street Murry Albritton was born July 3, 1940,...
Ruby "Gayle" Jenkins
Oct 9, 2022
Funeral services for Gayle Jenkins will be 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Jeff Masters officiating and Interment following at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, LA. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home from 11:00 AM until time of service at 1:00 PM.
Ruby Gayle Jenkins...
Bruce Ward Williams
Oct 7, 2022
Bruce Ward Williams passed away Friday, October 7, 2022, at Ouachita Health Center in Monroe.
He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Seegers Williams, of Monroe; his brother, Ken Williams and wife Renee of Madison, Mississippi; and four nephews: Michael Williams and wife Mary Beth, Stephen Williams and wife Rachel, John Mark Williams and wife Veronika, and Seth Williams...
Gayle Bassett Dortch
Oct 7, 2022
Funeral services for Gayle Bassett Dortch, age 76 of Columbia, will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, October 10, 2022, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Pete McCarty officiating. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, Columbia. The family will host visitation on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at the funeral home from 5 PM until...
Paul Daniel Evans
Oct 6, 2022
Funeral services for Paul Evans will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Clarks Baptist Church with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating and Bro. Shane Duke reading the eulogy, with Interment at Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM., Friday, October 7, 2022,...
Dorothy McClain
Oct 3, 2022
Dorothy Mae McClain, 85 of Columbia, fell asleep in death Monday, October 3, 2022, at the Haven Nursing Center. She was born February 19, 1937, to parents Mary Marbly Smith and Hebert Esaw.
Dorothy had a great love for people, as a result she was loved by many. It was common for her name to come up in conversation and...
Woodean Beth Stegall
Oct 3, 2022
Funeral Services for Woodean Beth Stegall will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, October 7, 2022, at Olla First Baptist Church, with Bro. Dennis Baker officiating. Interment will follow at the Olla Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Olla First Baptist Church from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Woodean...
Earlene Aplin Huff
Sep 30, 2022
Elsa Earlene Aplin Huff
June 3, 1931 – September 30, 2022
Elsa Earlene Aplin Huff, 91, of Harrisonburg died early Friday morning, Sept. 30th at The Columns Community Care Center in Jonesville. A native and lifelong resident of Catahoula Parish, Mrs. Huff was a homemaker and former secretary. She was the daughter of the late...
Martha Sue Lindsey
Sep 23, 2022
Services for Martha Sue Lindsey will be held at 4:00 PM, Monday, September 26, 2022, at the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, in Columbia, LA with Bro. Elzie Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, under the direction of Riser and Son. Visitation will be held Monday, September 26, 2022, from 2:00 PM until the service...
Mallie Marie Lewis
Sep 23, 2022
Funeral services for Mallie Lewis, age 90 of Monroe, will be held at 11 AM, Monday, September 26, 2022, at New Ouachita Baptist Church, Enterprise, LA, with Bro. Norman Bryant officiating. Interment will follow at the Aimoch Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 503, Olla, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will have visitation prior to the...
Louis Albert Mullenix
Sep 23, 2022
Funeral services for Louis Mullenix will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, September 26, 2022, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Brian Rankin officiating. Interment will follow at Hebert Cemetery. The family will hold a visitation at the funeral home on Sunday, September 25, 2022, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
Louis Albert Mullenix , age...
Marlene Beckley
Sep 22, 2022
Services for Marlene Beckley will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, September 25, 2022, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Courtney Dunn and Sister Kristy Dunn officiating. Interment will follow at Burroughs Garden of Memories, Columbia. Visitation will be held at Riser Funeral Home, Saturday, September 24, 2022, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Marlene Howell Beckley...
Kaylyn Knighten Doucet
Sep 20, 2022
Kaylyn Morgan Knighten Doucet was born January 30, 1992, in Urania, Louisiana, to the union of her parents, Lanny Ray Knighten and Michele Williams Knighten. She passed away on September 20, 2022, at Grayson, Louisiana. Kaylyn is preceded in death by her grandparents: John Morgan Williams, Delilah and Robert Dupree, and Billy Gene Knighten. Kaylyn loved her family deeply. Her...
William "Sonny" Verne Dyer
Sep 19, 2022
William Verne "Sonny" Dyer, age 92 of Columbia, LA, passed from this life September 19, 2022, at Mary Anna Nursing Home in Wisner, LA. Sonny was born July 13, 1930, in Rantoul, IL, to the union of his parents, Verne and Deliah Selvy Dyer. Sonny was always a hard worker. He loved his family and spending time with his grandbabies....
James Edward O'Quinn
Sep 16, 2022
Funeral services for James Edward O'Quinn, age 79 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday September 20, 2022 from the sanctuary of Bosco Baptist Church with Rev. Jessie Bauch officiating. Interment with full Military Honors will follow in the Bosco Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be on Monday September 19 at...
Charles Lynn "Fluky" Braddock
Sep 14, 2022
Funeral Services for Charles Lynn "Fluky" Braddock, will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, September, 17, 2022, at Life Church in Columbia, LA with Bro. Dean Love 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 Friday, September 16, 2022, at Life Church in Columbia,...
Idel L Noble
Sep 6, 2022
Idel Loraine Noble 73 of Zephyrhills, Florida, passed from this life on Tuesday September 6, 2022 at Conerstone Specialty Hospital in West Monroe, Louisiana.
Mrs. Noble was a native of Olla, Louisiana where she graduated from LaSalle High School. She continued her education at Northeast Louisiana University where she earned a degree in education and a masters degree in short...
Brenda Sue Murphy
Sep 5, 2022
Funeral services for Brenda Greer Murphy, age 71 of Columbia, Louisiana, will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, September 8, 2022, from the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Columbia, with Bro. Eric Harriman officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. Prior to the service, the family...
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