Obituaries for August 18, 2025
A Celebration of Life Service for Angela Dawn (Smith) Grider is being planned for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Yellowpine Baptist Church, intersection of Hwy. 87 South and FM 2343 in Sabine County’s Yellowpine community.Obituaries for August 15, 2025
- Visitation for Betty Sue Smith will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Trinity Baptist Church, located at 310 FM 83 East in Broaddus, Texas.
- A graveside service for Charlie Jones is planned for 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Warr Family Cemetery in San Augustine County, Texas.
- Funeral services for Gerald Allen Ward will be held Visitation on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 8:00AM – 8:45AM at the Jeane’s Funeral Service in Leesville, LA 71446. Funeral services will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.
- Brenda Ann Ashworth Diggles will have a graveside service held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Spikes Cemetery in Bancroft, LA. Family and friends will gather for fellowship at 11:00 AM at the cemetery. Burial will follow at Spikes Cemetery. Thadius Guillory will officiate the service.
- Cassie Mae McCraw Shelley, 88 of Leesville passed away on August 11, 2025. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the funeral home.
- Funeral services for Brother Berry Curry Jr. will be held at Mt. Olive Baptist Church at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 16, 2025 under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the church.
Obituaries for August 14, 2025
- Funeral services for Kylie Donay Ebarb will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation for family and friends will begin on August 15, 2025 from 10:30 AM until service time at 2:00 PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, LA. Burial will follow at New Freedom Fellowship Cemetery at 660 Highway 1215 in Many, LA.
- Thomas Lawrence “Buddy” Roberts, at his home in Leesville, Louisiana, on August 10, 2025, at the age of 75. A funeral service to honor Buddy’s life will be held on August 14, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Crystal Springs Baptist Church in Anacoco. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 14th, from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the church. Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Leesville, Louisiana
- Funeral services for Gerald Allen Ward will be held Visitation on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 8:00AM – 8:45AM at the Jeane’s Funeral Service in Leesville, LA 71446. Funeral services will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.
- Brenda Ann Ashworth Diggles will have a graveside service held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Spikes Cemetery in Bancroft, LA. Family and friends will gather for fellowship at 11:00 AM at the cemetery. Burial will follow at Spikes Cemetery. Thadius Guillory will officiate the service.
- Cassie Mae McCraw Shelley, 88 of Leesville passed away on August 11, 2025. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the funeral home.
- Funeral services for Brother Berry Curry Jr. will be held at Mt. Olive Baptist Church at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 16, 2025 under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the church.
Obituaries for August 13, 2025
- Visitation for family and friends of Nicholas Alexander West will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home, 848 Keyser Ave. Natchitoches, Louisiana from 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. and recitation of the Holy Rosary to held at 5:oo p.m. in the funeral home chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Minor Basilica of Immaculate Conception with burial to follow at Memory Lawn in Natchitoches, Louisiana under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home.
- Funeral services for Mr. Eddie Lowry Lockey II will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 15, 2025, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Chapel, located at 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine, Texas, with Bro. Stevie Oaks and Bro. Tim Turner officiating. Committal service and interment will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery.
- Edward E. Cryer, a beloved father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on August 11, 2025, at the age of 95. A graveside service will be held at Cannon Cemetery today at 11:00 am. Reverend Alan Trouille will officiate the service.
- Thomas Lawrence “Buddy” Roberts, at his home in Leesville, Louisiana, on August 10, 2025, at the age of 75. A funeral service to honor Buddy’s life will be held on August 14, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Crystal Springs Baptist Church in Anacoco. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 14th, from 10:00 A.M. until time of service at the church. Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Leesville, Louisiana
- Funeral services for Gerald Allen Ward will be held Visitation on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 8:00AM – 8:45AM at the Jeane’s Funeral Service in Leesville, LA 71446. Funeral services will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.
- Brenda Ann Ashworth Diggles will have a graveside service held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Spikes Cemetery in Bancroft, LA. Family and friends will gather for fellowship at 11:00 AM at the cemetery. Burial will follow at Spikes Cemetery. Thadius Guillory will officiate the service.
Obituaries for August 12, 2025
- Funeral services for Kylie Donay Ebarb will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation for family and friends will begin on August 15, 2025 from 10:30 AM until service time at 2:00 PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, LA. Burial will follow at New Freedom Fellowship Cemetery at 660 Highway 1215 in Many, LA.
- Funeral visitation will be Today 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT at the Labby Memorial Funeral Home (Leesville) for Rita E. Slaughter. She passed away on August 9th.
- Edward E. Cryer, a beloved father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on August 11, 2025, at the age of 95. A graveside service will be held at Cannon Cemetery on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 11:00 am. Reverend Alan Trouille will officiate the service.
- Funeral services for Gerald Allen Ward will be held Visitation on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 8:00AM – 8:45AM at the Jeane’s Funeral Service in Leesville, LA 71446. Funeral services will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.
- Brenda Ann Ashworth Diggles will have a graveside service held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Spikes Cemetery in Bancroft, LA. Family and friends will gather for fellowship at 11:00 AM at the cemetery. Burial will follow at Spikes Cemetery. Thadius Guillory will officiate the service.
Obituaries for August 11, 2025
- Visitation for Stanley McDonald will be Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home with interment to follow at Cassel Cemetery in Converse, LA.
- Funeral services for Frank Eddie will be Monday, August 11, 2025, 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with interment to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Zwolle, LA.
- Norma Virtuous Cooley Davis, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on August 6, 2025, at the age of 88. Her funeral service will follow on Monday, August 11, 2025, at 10:00 AM, also at Shady Grove Pentecostal Church. Bro. Ricky Wead, Bro. John Davis and Bro. Jeff Phillips will officiate the service. Norma will be laid to rest in a private burial.
- Brenda Ann Ashworth Diggles will have a graveside service held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Spikes Cemetery in Bancroft, LA. Family and friends will gather for fellowship at 11:00 AM at the cemetery. Burial will follow at Spikes Cemetery. Thadius Guillory will officiate the service.
Obituaries for August 5, 2025
- Brenda Dell Colvin Dillard, a devoted mother, cherished Nana, sister, aunt, nurse, and friend, passed away peacefully at her home in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, on August 1, 2025, at 11:05 p.m., surrounded by her loving family. She was 65. A memorial service to celebrate Brenda’s life will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 2:00PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, LA. Visitation will begin 12:00PM on Saturday and go until the time of service. Friends and family are invited to attend, share memories, and honor a life beautifully lived.
- Funeral services for Mary Marie Oxley Bynum will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5 2025, at Jeane’s Funeral Service with Reverend Rodney Hicks officiating. The burial will follow in Self Cemetery in Hornbeck. A visitation will be held at Jeane’s on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. Mary passed away July 29, 2025, in Leesville, Louisiana at the age of 85.
- Theodore Harris, 90, of DeRidder, LA passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Visitation will be Monday, August 4 from 10am-12pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Monday, August 4 at 12pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Interment will be at Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery. Rev. Phillip Baker will officiate.
- Megan Paige Cox Armstrong, age 37, who left us on August 1, 2025, in Jasper, Texas. A funeral service will be held in her honor at Lillie Pentecostal Church on August 5, 2025, at 11:00 AM, preceded by a public viewing at 9:00 AM at the same location. She will be laid to rest at Plunkaway Cemetery following the services in Burr Ferry, Louisiana.
- Brenda Harralson Buxton, 73, of Anacoco, LA, passed from this life on Friday, August 1, 2025. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2025, from 9:00 AM until the time of service at 11:00 AM at Myers Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA. Joey Miller will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Leesville, LA.
- Brad Briggs passed away July 21, 2025. A celebration of life will be held August 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the home of his sister, Melissa.
Obituaries for August 4, 2025
- Funeral services for Rachel Rashel Borden, 40, of Many, LA, will be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at 11:00 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Tim Hurd officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Monday, August 4, 2025, at 5:00 PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home, Many, LA.
- Funeral services for April Lajuanna Chaney Willis will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 4, 2025, at St. Clair Baptist Church with Reverends Randy Ellis and Dale Poe officiating. The burial will follow in St. Clair Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church on Monday, August 4th from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service. April passed away August 2, 2025, in her home in Otis, Louisiana at the age of 43.
- Funeral services for Mary Marie Oxley Bynum will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at Jeane’s Funeral Service with Reverend Rodney Hicks officiating. The burial will follow in Self Cemetery in Hornbeck. A visitation will be held at Jeane’s on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. Mary passed away July 29, 2025, in Leesville, Louisiana at the age of 85.
- Theodore Harris, 90, of DeRidder, LA passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Visitation will be Monday, August 4 from 10am-12pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Monday, August 4 at 12pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Interment will be at Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery. Rev. Phillip Baker will officiate.
- Megan Paige Cox Armstrong, age 37, who left us on August 1, 2025, in Jasper, Texas. A funeral service will be held in her honor at Lillie Pentecostal Church on August 5, 2025, at 11:00 AM, preceded by a public viewing at 9:00 AM at the same location. She will be laid to rest at Plunkaway Cemetery following the services in Burr Ferry, Louisiana.
- Brad Briggs passed away July 21, 2025. A celebration of life will be held August 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the home of his sister, Melissa.
Obituaries for August 1, 2025
- MSG Kelvin Lynn Thomas Sr., who departed this world on July 24, 2025, at the age of 60. A funeral service will take place at St. Paul Baptist Church in Jennings, LA on Friday, August 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM, preceded by a public viewing from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Reverend Pernell R. Trent, Sr. will officiate the service. Following the service, he will be laid to rest at 12:30 PM at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.
- Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Bill Gene Hilton, 90 years old passed away. Funeral services for Bill will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Lacamp Church of God with Reverends Shawn Waggoner and Tim Norris officiating. The burial will follow in Lacamp Church of God Cemetery. A visitation will be held at Lacamp Church of God on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.
- Jerry Cecil Green passed away peacefully on July 30, 2025, at the age of 85, in Leesville, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Simpson Assembly of God Church in Simpson, Louisiana, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, at 10:00 AM at the Simpson Assembly of God Church under the direction of Bro. Tully Burns. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery in Mora, Louisiana
- Curliss “Slim” Joseph Williams Sr., passed away on July 27, 2025, at the age of 90. A celebration of Curliss’s life will be held Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Myers Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 9-10 AM. Curliss will be laid to rest at Hopewell Cemetery in DeRidder, LA following the service.
- Theodore Harris, 90, of DeRidder, LA passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Visitation will be Monday, August 4 from 10am-12pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Monday, August 4 at 12pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Interment will be at Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery. Rev. Phillip Baker will officiate.
- Brad Briggs passed away July 21, 2025. A celebration of life will be held August 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM at the home of his sister, Melissa.
Obituaries for July 31, 2025
- Funeral visitation and services will be held for Lawrence Duncan Jr with visitation beginning at 930 a.m. this coming Thursday at the Christian Living Fellowship Church in Leesville. Funeral services will follow at 1130 a.m. also at the church. Burial will follow the service at the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetary. Mr Duncan passed away on July 22nd.
- MSG Kelvin Lynn Thomas Sr., who departed this world on July 24, 2025, at the age of 60. A funeral service will take place at St. Paul Baptist Church in Jennings, LA on Friday, August 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM, preceded by a public viewing from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Reverend Pernell R. Trent, Sr. will officiate the service. Following the service, he will be laid to rest at 12:30 PM at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery.
- Rosalind Anita Jeans Maricelli, a cherished soul and beloved matriarch, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. The graveside service will be Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 4:00 PM at Meadows Cemetery in Merryville, LA. She will then be laid to rest at Meadows Cemetery in Merryvill
- Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Bill Gene Hilton, 90 years old passed away. Funeral services for Bill will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Lacamp Church of God with Reverends Shawn Waggoner and Tim Norris officiating. The burial will follow in Lacamp Church of God Cemetery. A visitation will be held at Lacamp Church of God on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.
- Curliss “Slim” Joseph Williams Sr., passed away on July 27, 2025, at the age of 90. A celebration of Curliss’s life will be held Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Myers Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 9-10 AM. Curliss will be laid to rest at Hopewell Cemetery in DeRidder, LA following the service.
- Brad Briggs passed away July 21, 2025. A celebration of life will be held August 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM at the home of his sister, Melissa.