Obituaries for December 27, 2022

Funeral services for Mr. Jessie Merrill McKinney will be held at too p.m. Monday, December 26, 2022, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, located at 316 West Columbia Street in San Augustine. Officiating will Bro. Frank Holrath and Bro. Jim Moss. Interment will follow at Old Salem Cemetery in Shelby County, Texas. Visitation will be Monday, December 26, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine.

Funeral services for Sheila Elaine O’Banion Brown, 55, of Caney, will be on Monday, December 26, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Pitkin with Bro. Jason Nolde officiating. Burial to follow in Blue Branch Cemetery in Pitkin. Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at the church. Sheila passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, in New Orleans.

Aaron Burr, 40, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Friday, December 23, 2022. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 26, 2022 from 12:00 PM until the time of the funeral service at 2:00 PM at Myers Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA. Brother Jim Miers and Brother James Patterson will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Merryville Cemetery in Merryville, LA.

Georgia Voneer Pottmeyer, 78, of Pitkin, LA passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022. Visitation will be Monday, December 26 from 5-8pm at Gravel Hill Baptist Church and Tuesday, December 27 from 9am until time of service. Funeral service will be Tuesday, December 27 at 1pm at Gravel Hill Baptist Church. Interment will be at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Rev. Chad Estes and Rev. Arlen Smith will officiate.

It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of Jerry Lynn Dowden. Jerry passed away peacefully on the morning of December 22, 2022, in Hornbeck, LA. A memorial service will be held at Jeane’s Funeral Home in Leesville, LA on December the 27th, 2022 from 5-8 PM for family and friends.

A funeral for Author Rel Joiner will be held at 10:00 a.m on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Leesville with Reverend Joseph Garner officiating. Burial take place at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 29th at Louisiana National Cemetery, 303 W. Mt. Pleasant Zachary Road, Zachary, LA

Funeral services for Wallace Blake Palmer, 87, of Leesville, will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in the First Baptist Church of Leesville. Burial will follow in the Good Hope Cemetery in Anacoco. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 27, 2022 from 5:00 P.M- 8:00 P.M in the church.

Dallas Deacon Jones, 56, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at the Central Louisiana Veteran’s Cemetery in Leesville, LA. Dr. Fred Hartzell will officiate the service.

Stuart Jackson, 56, of New Llano, La. passed away on December 19, 2022 at Cornerstone Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Lake Charles, La. Graveside services will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at the Central Louisiana Veteran Cemetery in Leesville, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 3, 2023 from 10:30 A.M— 11:30 A.M in the funeral home.

Funeral services for Velda M. Wilburn, 77 of Anacoco, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 11, 2023 from 1:00 P.M— 2:00 P.M in the funeral home. Velda passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in her home in Anacoco.

Funeral service for Mrs. Carol Hays will be 2 pm Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at Crossroads Baptist Church in Marthaville, LA. Officiating the service will be Brother Tim Leach. Burial will follow at Beulah Methodist Cemetery in Marthaville, LA. The family will receive friends from 10 am until service time on Wednesday the 28th at Crossroads Baptist Church located at 111 Crossroads Church Road, Marthaville, LA 71450.

Author: Crystal Ford