Obituaries for August 13, 2024

Linda Darnell (Butler) Parrish, age 69, of San Augustine County passed away Thursday, August 8, 2024, at CHI St. Luke’s Medical Center in Lufkin. Private services will be held with her family.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Funeral services for Dolores Marie Manders will be held on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church with Father Tim Hurd officiating. Burial will follow in the New Kisatchie Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at 10:00 AM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home, Many, LA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Funeral services for Leonard Dale Spurlock, Sr. “Spur” will be Friday, August 16, 2024 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 307 Hammond St, Zwolle, Louisiana. A visitation will be held at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 9891 Texas Hwy, Many, Louisiana Wednesday, August 14, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Thursday, August 15, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. A burial will be held at Zwolle City Cemetery following the service on Friday.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Funeral services honoring the life of Kenneth James Dillard will be held on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at Good Hope Baptist Church at 12:00PM with Daniel Bridges and Tinker Hillman officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Jeane’s Funeral Service. Visitation will be on Thursday from 10:00 AM until time of service. Kenneth James Dillard passed away on August 11, 2024, in Leesville, LA at the age of 79.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      William (Bill) Daniel Byrd, age 74, traded years of pain for an eternity of peace on August 10, 2024. Life will be celebrated Tuesday, August 13 at 11am at Grace with Rev. George Lee Glass, Rev. Peyton Sparks and Rev. Alexx Hebert officiating.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Barbara Joan Johnson Leyser who passed from this life on August 8, 2024, at the age of 87. Funeral services honoring her life and to celebrate her home going will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM at the First United Pentecostal Church of Leesville with Rev. Mark Christian, Rev. O.L. Beau Powell. Burial will follow in Pitkin, LA at Blue Branch Cemetery under the direction of Jeane’s Funeral Service. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 16, 2024 at First United Pentecostal Church of Leesville from 5:00-8:00 PM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Edward R. Propst, Jr., 60, entered into rest on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at his home in DeRidder. A Celebration of Life for Edward will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 11:00 AM at Spring Creek Baptist Church, located at 487 HWY 1147, DeRidder, LA.

Author: Eli Gentry