Obituaries for August 15, 2024

Funeral services honoring the life of Kenneth James Dillard will be held on today 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 today 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Linda Rose Evans, 83, of DeRidder, LA passed away Saturday, August 10, 2024. Graveside service will be today at 10am at Rosepine Cemetery. Rev. Thomas Avant will officiate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     A Celebration of Life will be held for Michial L. (Mike) Gregg Sr., of Hicks La. The service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at The Church House on Alexandria Hwy in Hicks, La., Pastor Lorraine Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery in Hicks, La.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Visitation for Linda Diane Acklin Garcia Friday, August 16, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. with a rosary at 6:00 p.m.at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Zwolle, Louisiana with interment to follow.

Author: Eli Gentry