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- A Celebration of Life Service for William Derwood Conn will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2025, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Chapel, 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine, Texas. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.
- Funeral services for Roderick "Rod" Hammond Bruce, 72, of Many, LA, will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dean Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the McCaskill Cemetery in Marthaville, LA. Visitation will begin on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home, Many LA.
- Lee Vincent McLaughlin, Sr., 68, of DeRidder, Louisiana, passed away on October 15, 2025, in DeRidder. Visitation will be held on today, from 11:00 AM until 2:00PM at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder, Louisiana. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 PM, also at Labby Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Wesley S. Manning officiating. Burial will follow at Beauregard Cemetery in DeRidder.
- Bruce D. Westmoreland, of Leesville, LA, died peacefully in his home on October 16, 2025, at the age of 87. Services will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 3:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Leesville (1400 Nolan Drive). Visitation will be held from 1:30 P.M. until time of service at the church on today. Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery (128 Pine Hill Church Rd in Leesville under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville.
- Bobbie Ann Palmer Franklin on October 13, 2025. Bobbie passed at the age of 66 in DeRidder, LA. Visitation will be Friday, October 24, 2025, at 9:00 AM until the time of service at 12:00 PM at Myers Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA. Pastor Kenneth Seastrunk will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Beauregard Cemetery in DeRidder, LA.
- Wilfred Mere Sr. passed away October 21, 2025. He was born on February 8, 1938, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Funeral will be held at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder, Louisiana, on October 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
- Ernestine "Cookie" Hauser passed away on Monday, October 20, 2025, at the age of 94. A celebration of life will be Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder, Louisiana. Visitation will be on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Internment will follow at Beauregard Cemetery.
- Rev. Samuel Leonard Kelly, Sr., 86, of DeRidder, LA passed away Friday, October 17, 2025. Visitation will be Saturday, October 25 from 10am-1pm at Norris Memorial C.O.G.I.C. Funeral service will be Saturday, October 25 at 1pm at Norris Memorial C.O.G.I.C. Interment will be at Beau regard Cemetery.
- Christopher Scott Pruitt (Scottie), of Leesville, Louisiana, passed away on September 28, 2025, at the age of 52. A celebration of Scottie's life will be held at 2:00PM on October 25, 2025 at Holly Grove Methodist Church in Anacoco, Louisiana.
- Arden Rae West, left this world too soon on October 11, 2025, just a couple of weeks after her birth on September 28, 2025. In honor of Arden's spirit, a memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM at Grace Church in DeRidder, LA to celebrate her life