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Mary Jane Wiles

Mary Jane Wiles

Nov 13, 2015

Funeral services for Mary Jane Wiles, age 67, of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2015 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Brother E.R. Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Cross Roads Cemetery in Grayson. Visitation will be Friday from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the funeral home. Mary was born...

Joey Cader

Joey Cader

Nov 13, 2015

Memorial services for Joey Cader, age 50, of Olla, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, November 15, 2015 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 PM until service time. Joey was born November 24, 1964 to the union of Sidney Cecil and Joan Cader in Columbia and he passed from this...

Arnold Welch

Arnold Welch

Nov 9, 2015

Funeral services for Arnold Ray Welch, age 86 of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM Friday, November 13, 2015 from the sanctuary of House of Prayer International Woolen Lake, Columbia, LA with Bro. David Sistrunk officiating. Interment will follow at Woolen Lake Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home. Visitation will be Thursday, November 12, 2015 from 5...

Elizabeth Ann Parham

Elizabeth Ann Parham

Nov 5, 2015

Elizabeth Ann Duke Parham Proverbs 31 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 27 She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up...

Wenona "Cindy" Beth Adams

Wenona "Cindy" Beth Adams

Nov 5, 2015

Funeral services for Wenona Beth Adams, age 86, of Columbia, LA will be held at 10 AM Monday, November 9, 2015 at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Interment services will be officiated by Buddy Shaw at Providence Cemetery, Ringgold, LA tentatively at 1 PM Monday, November 9, 2015. Visitation will be Sunday,...

Dorothy Bates

Dorothy Bates

Nov 4, 2015

Memorial services for Dorothy McKeithen Bates, age 75 of Columbia, will be held at 10AM, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at the First Church of God in Columbia, LA. Mrs. Bates was born on March 25, 1940 in Laurel, MS to the union of her parents: Willie Albert and Ada Waggoner McKeithen and passed from this life on Wednesday, November 4,...

Jimmie Grant

Jimmie Grant

Nov 2, 2015

Funeral services for Mr. Jimmie Lee Grant, age 75, of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, November 5, 2015, in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Columbia, with Rev. Eric Harriman and Rev. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Tullos, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening, November 4, 2015,...

Vera Grant

Vera Grant

Nov 2, 2015

Funeral services for Mrs. Vera Mae Allbritton Grant, age 76, of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM on Thursday, November 5, 2015, in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Columbia, with Rev. Eric Harriman and Rev. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow at New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Tullos, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening, November 4,...

John Love

John Love

Oct 29, 2015

John Lawrence Love, age 92, passed away in the Fort Worth, TX area on Thursday, October 29, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia, LA. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA. Mr. Love was one of five children of the late Frank...

Jessie R. Mitchell "Hammerhead"

Jessie R. Mitchell "Hammerhead"

Oct 28, 2015

Jessie R. Mitchell "Hammerhead", age 56 of Columbia, was born on August 8, 1959 to the union of Jessie and Loraine Mitchell in Baton Rouge and he passed from this life on October 28, 2015 at his residence in Columbia. He was a log truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother: Gary Dale Mitchell. He is...

Mona Dean Davis

Mona Dean Davis

Oct 24, 2015

Funeral services for Mona Dean Davis , 61 of Columbia will be held 2:00 pm Monday October 26, 2015 from the sanctuary of Grace Christian Mission with Bro. Jack McKeithen officiating. Louis Whitlock will deliver the eulogy. Burial will follow in the Little Star Cemetery at Holum. Visitation will begin on Sunday October 25 at the church at 10:00 am....

Millie Warner

Millie Warner

Oct 21, 2015

Funeral services for Millie K. Warner, 93 of Holum, LA will be held 11:00 am Saturday October 24, 2015 from the Columbia chapel of Riser Funeral Home with Rev. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson. Visitation will be on Friday October 23, 2015 at the Riser Funeral Home located at 7131 U S...

Melvin "Sol" Carter

Melvin "Sol" Carter

Oct 18, 2015

Funeral services for Melvin Gene "Sol" Carter, age 73 of Columbia, will be held at 10 AM Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Riser Funeral Home, Columbia. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Riser Funeral Home, Columbia from 5 PM to 8 PM. Sol was born on October 24, 1941 in...

Enoch Earl Poole

Enoch Earl Poole

Oct 18, 2015

Funeral services for Enoch Earl Poole, age 78, of Grayson, will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Daryl Floyd officiating. Interment will follow at Old Bethel Cemetery in Clarks. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Wednesday from 8 AM until time...

Charles Howell

Charles Howell

Oct 10, 2015

Funeral services for Charles Robert Howell, 67 of Olla will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday October 13, 2015 from the sanctuary of Aimwell Pentecostal Church . Visitation will be at the church on Monday October 12, 2015 from 5:00 pm until 10:00 pm. Burial will follow in the Jena City Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Olla. Charles...

Stephen Brent Dearmon

Stephen Brent Dearmon

Sep 30, 2015

Funeral services for Stephen Brent Dearmon, age 46, of Jena, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, October 4, 2015 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla with Rev. David McGuffee officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Beech Creek Cemetery in Winn Parish. Brent was...

Edith LeVasseur

Edith LeVasseur

Sep 27, 2015

Funeral services for Edith Godfrey LeVasseur, 97 of Monroe and formerly of Columbia will be held 11:00 am Saturday, October 3, 2015 from the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church in Columbia with Rev. J. Roddy Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Columbia Hill Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be at the church...

Anna Leona Minks

Anna Leona Minks

Sep 26, 2015

Anna Leona Minks was born March 25, 1939 to the union of her parents William and Flora Walls Lawrence in Michigan and she passed from this life on September 26, 2015 at her residence in Kelly. She loved crossword puzzles. She was very crafty and loved to paint and she loved flowers. Her favorite past time was going to garage...

Patricia "Pat" Chairl Etheridge

Patricia "Pat" Chairl Etheridge

Sep 25, 2015

Patricia "Pat" Chairl Grisso Etheridge passed from this life on Friday, September 25, 2015, following an extended illness.She was born March 15, 1943 in Richmond, CA to the union of her parents,Eber Grisso and Margie Stein. Services will be held 1:00 pm from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla on Wednesday September 30, 2015. The wake will be...

II Perot

II Perot

Sep 25, 2015

Memorial services for Joe Henry Perot, II age 57 of Columbia will be held 5:00 pm Saturday September 25, 2015 from the sanctuary of Outreach Baptist Church, 7012 Highway 4 West, Columbia with Rev. Daniel Rogers and Rev. C.R. Martin officiating. Visitation will be on Saturday at the church from 4:00 pm until time of service. Joe Henry Perot, II...