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Category: Deaths

Services set Saturday for Ms. Ezell Cross

July 31, 2019August 7, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Ms. Ezell Cross was born on August 20, 1930, and passed away on July 24, 2019. Visitation will be held at Miller’s Funeral Home, 2932 Renwick Street, Monroe, LA on August 2, 2019, from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Funeral…

Ezell Cross

Services set for Saturday for Sadie Cornelius

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Funeral services will be held Saturday for a well-known churchwoman. Services for Mrs. Sadie Cornelius, 92, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Mrs. Cornelius was well known in the religious community, having spent over…

Sadie Cornelius

Services set for Frank Davis Saturday

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Funeral services for a Monroe man who died recently are scheduled for Saturday. A memorial service for Frank Wayne Davis will be held Saturday 11 a.m. at the New Tabernacle Baptist Church in Monroe. Davis died on July 16, 2019,…

Frank Davis

Obituary for John R. Wooten, Sr.

June 27, 2019 Free PressDeaths

John R. Wooten, Sr., 91, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2019 while under the care of the Northwest La. Veterans home in Bossier City. Visitation will be held at Miller Funeral Home in Monroe on Friday, June 28, 2019,…

John R. Wooten Sr.

Services set for Clifton Leo Taylor, Sr.

June 21, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Services for Clifton Leo Taylor, Sr., will be held Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 11:00 am at Miller Funeral Home, 2932 Renwick St., Monroe, LA.

Clifton Leo Taylor Sr.

Funeral Services for departed Vietnam Veteran Jerry Brown set

June 21, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Services for Jerry Brown will be held Friday, June 21, 2019, at 11 am at Smith’s Funeral Home, 907 Winnsboro Road, Monroe, Louisiana. He will be buried at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, which is located at 2413 Hwy 425,…

Jerry Brown

Mother Ida Robinson gone too soon

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Mt. Calvary Baptist Church family said goodbye to mother. Saturday, June 15, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. Glenn Walter McKinney, Sr. spoke the last words. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In…

Ida Mae Robinson

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