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Everritt Norman Williams

Everritt Norman Williams

Dec 30, 2024

Graveside funeral services for Everritt Norman Williams will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, Louisiana, with Bro. Denva McBroom officiating. The family will have visitation on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at Riser Funeral Home, Olla, Louisiana, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. 

Everritt Norman Williams was born July 16, 1947 in Olla, Louisiana...

Mackie Sue Linton

Mackie Sue Linton

Dec 27, 2024

Funeral services for Mackie Sue McCoy Linton will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, December 31, 2024, from the sanctuary of Old Bethel Baptist Church, Clarks, Louisiana, with Bro Larry Adkins officiating. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia. The family will have visitation at the church prior to...

James E. Legg

James E. Legg

Dec 26, 2024

Funeral Services for James "Buck" Legg Sr., will be held 1:00 PM, Monday, December 30, 2024, at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA, with Bro. Warren Maxwell and Bro. Shane Duke officiating and interment following at Welcome Home Cemetery, under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Riser Funeral Home, from 6:00...

Landry Bernard Crain

Landry Bernard Crain

Dec 23, 2024

Funeral Services for Landry Crain will be held 3:00 PM, Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, Louisiana with Bro. Larry Adkins officiating and interment following in Old Bethel Cemetery, under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, December 29, 2024 from 1:00 PM until time of service at 3:00 PM.

Landry Bernard Crain was...

Ezekiel Ramshur, JR

Ezekiel Ramshur, JR

Dec 22, 2024

It is with heavy heart we announce the death of Ezekiel Ramshur, JR , a Master Gardener and Landscaper. His love in life was plants and using them to create beauty in all of his client's yards. The art he shared with everyone in Northeast Louisiana and Northwest Mississippi will never be forgotten. We were blessed here at Riser &...

Marjorie Thompson Tullos

Marjorie Thompson Tullos

Dec 20, 2024

Graveside funeral services for Marjorie  Dell Thompson Tullos, age 95, of Columbia will be held 2:00 PM Friday December 27, 2024 at  the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery with Bro. Warren Maxwell officiating. Family and friends may begin to gather at 1:30 PM .

Marjorie Dell Thompson Tullos was born on March 2, 1929 at Kelly, La  to the union of her...

Robert Lee Hester

Robert Lee Hester

Dec 19, 2024

Funeral Services for Robert Hester will be held 3:00 PM, Saturday, December 21, 2024, at Cross Roads Baptist Church in Grayson, LA with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and interment following in Cross Roads Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Saturday from 2:00 PM until time of service at 3:00.

Robert Lee Hester was born November...

Mary Catherine Welch Brown

Mary Catherine Welch Brown

Dec 12, 2024

Funeral Services for Mary Brown will be held 10:00 AM, December 21, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating and interment following at Welcome Home Cemetery, under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held December 21, 2024 from 8:00 AM until time of service at 10:00.

Mary Catherine Welch Brown was born in...

RyLeigh Denise Collins

RyLeigh Denise Collins

Dec 8, 2024

Funeral services for RyLeigh Denise Collins will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 15, 2024, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and Bro. Brian Boyd assisting. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, Columbia. The family will have visitation for friends on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at the funeral home...

Paul Gregg Thompson

Paul Gregg Thompson

Dec 7, 2024

Paul Gregg Thompson was born on April 30, 1943 at Uvalde, Texas to the union of his parents, Silas Paul Thompson and Verna Lee Masters Thompson. He passed away on December 7, 2024 at his residence following a brief illness. He served his country proudly in the United  States Army Reserves. He was a Barber  in Columbia for many years....

Leonard "Big Buddy" Roland Smith, Jr.

Leonard "Big Buddy" Roland Smith, Jr.

Dec 7, 2024

Funeral services for Leonard Roland Smith, Jr. will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, December 13, 2024, at Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA, with Bro. Darren Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Woodland Cemetery, Jena, LA. The family will have a visitation on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and prior to...

Shirley Rose McGuire

Shirley Rose McGuire

Dec 6, 2024

With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of Shirley Rose McGuire, 71, who left us on December 6, 2024, surrounded by family who cherished her deeply.

Shirley was born on October 3, 1953, to Jessie Calvin Cox and Ruby Midkiff Cox in Winnfield, Louisiana, and she came out ready to take on the world-albeit from a slightly lower altitude at...

Floy Elizabeth Stough Greene

Floy Elizabeth Stough Greene

Dec 2, 2024

Floy Elizabeth Stough Greene was born in Camden, Arkansas on January 31, 1930. She passed from this life on December 2, 2024, at the Haven Nursing Center in Columbia, Louisiana, where she had been a resident for the past twelve years. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Hodges Greene; her parents Herman Floyd Stough and Lillian Elizabeth...

Shirley Faye Tarver Thurman

Shirley Faye Tarver Thurman

Dec 2, 2024

Shirley Fay Langley Thurman, age 86, was born December 27, 1937, in Fort Necessity, Louisiana to Claude W. Langley and Durelle Jewell Langley Gary. She entered into rest on December 2, 2024, in West Monroe, La. 

She was married to Adolph Tarver for 24 years and had her two children, Gary and Peggy. She married Paul Thurman in 1989 and gained...

Kiley Joe Tims

Kiley Joe Tims

Dec 2, 2024

Mr. Kiley Joe Tims, age 52, of Columbia was born on September 24, 1972, at West Monroe, Louisiana, to the union of his parents, the late Edward Tims and Wilma Murray Tims, and he passed from this life on December 2, 2024, at the Jena Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long list of injuries received in a bicycle accident,...

Robbin Lynette Johnson

Robbin Lynette Johnson

Dec 2, 2024

Funeral Services for Robbin Johnson will be held 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at Urania Pentecostal Church with Bro. Jerry Johnson, Bro. E.R. Johnson, and Bro Clay Hutto officiating and interment following at Harris Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Tuesday, at Urania Pentecostal Church from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Robbin Lynette...

Carl Richard Townsend

Carl Richard Townsend

Nov 27, 2024

Funeral services for Carl Richard Townsend will be held at 2 PM, Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA. Interment will follow at Sandy Bayou Cemetery, Columbia. There will be a visitation for family and friends on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the funeral home from 5 PM until 8 PM. 

Carl Richard Townsend was born...

Patrice Cader Smith

Patrice Cader Smith

Nov 22, 2024

Cherryl Patrice Smith

5-22-56/11-22-24

 Cherryl ‘’Patrice’’ Cader Smith was born May 22,1956 in Winnfield, La to the union of her parents, Sidney Cecil Cader and Lois ‘’Joan’’ Cader. She passed from this life peacefully on November 22, 2024.

 Patrice was preceded in death by her Father, Sidney Cecil Cader, Mother, Lois Joan Cader, Husband Calvin Huey Smith SR, Sister Susan Cader Lindsey, and...

Floyd John Bergeron, Jr.

Floyd John Bergeron, Jr.

Nov 21, 2024

Floyd John Bergeron, Jr. was born January 4, 1962, in Houma, Louisiana, and he passed from this life November 21, 2024, at his home in Columbia, Louisiana. Floyd was a diesel mechanic and truck driver and he enjoyed working. He loved being on the road whether he was in a truck or on his Harley Davidson. He enjoyed music and...

Emma Jean Girod

Emma Jean Girod

Nov 18, 2024

Funeral Services for Emma Girod will be held 1:00 PM, November 21, 2024 at Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, Louisiana with Bro. Larry Adkins officiating and Cody Mayo assisting with interment following at Old Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home.

Emma Jean Barnette Girod was born March 15, 1932 in Clarks, La to the union of her parents,...