Obituaries for July 30, 2024

Services for Hildebrand, a decades-long cornerstone of the NSU athletic department, are pending.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Bruce Michael Lehto, 75, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Funeral service will be at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 also at Myers Colonial Funeral Home. Brother Bill Smith and Brother Paul Massey will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Rosepine Cemetery in Rosepine, LA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Services for Elsa Berger Smith with Visitation Thursday, August 1 from 11am-1pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Thursday, August 1 at 1 pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Interment will be at Beauregard Cemetery. Rev. Michael Burkes will officiate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tyrone Power Nelms, 82 years of age, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Anacoco, Louisiana. Tyrone’s visitation will be held on Friday, August 2, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Labby Memorial Chapel of Leesville, located at 601 S. Fourth St., Leesville, LA 71446. The funeral service will be on Friday, August 2, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Labby Memorial Chapel, and Interment will follow at Prewitt’s Chapel Cemetery in Hornbeck, Louisiana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ahgua Murry passed away July 28, 2024 at the age of 85. Family will receive friends Thursday, August 1 from 5-9pm at Chaddick Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Friday, August 2 at 10am at Chaddick Funeral Home. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery. A memorial service will be held for Steven Lee Milstead on August 3rd, 2024 starting at 2 PM, at Rosepine United Pentecostal Church. Steven passed away on July 21st, 2024.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      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 Mr. Derek James Burns will begin at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, located at 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine. Funeral services are set for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Bro. Robert Byley Jr. officiating. Committal service and interment will follow at Dickerson Cemetery, located on County Road 4255 in San Augustine County.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Graveside funeral services for Laquita Joy Ledford will be held Tuesday, July 30, 2024, with Rev. Frank Holrath officiating. Tom Beall, Daryl Melton, Gary Powell, Dennis Ray, Vic Waller, and Lane Chambers are serving as pallbearers. Eck Franks, Brent Nicholson, Alan Russell, and Eric Russell are honorary pallbearers. Music will be provided by Ellen Melton and Hillary Fiscus. Services and interment will be at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine, Texas.

Author: Eli Gentry