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Category: Deaths

Deaths from May 31 – June 9, 2019

June 13, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Kandice Drayton, 26 of Monroe, LA., store manager, died May 31, 2019. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 14 at Greater New Antioch Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be 3:00 until 6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 13 at Smith Funeral…

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Celebration of life for Maurice Wilton Johnson, Sr.

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 15, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Carroll Magnet High School in Monroe, LA. Visitation will be held Friday, June 14, 2019, from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. at Miller’s Funeral Home in Monroe,…

Maurice Wilton Johnson Sr

Deaths from May 29 to June 2, 2019

June 6, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Calvin Morehead, 71, a resident of Monroe, La. retired paper mill worker, died June 1, 2019. Services are Saturday, June 8, 2019, at 1:00 pm at Greater Free Gift B.C. in Monroe, La. Visitation will be Friday, June 7, 2019,…

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Funeral services set for The Morehead brothers

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Your wings were ready but our hearts were not Calvin Morehead, Jr., 71, a native of Monroe, LA, was a devoted husband to Hannah Morehead and proud father of Kevin, Karen, and Lauri. Calvin was a retiree of International Paper…

Calvin Morehead Jr., Danny Ray Morehead

Community mourns death of Maurice Johnson

June 2, 2019June 7, 2019 Free PressDeaths, Events

FORMER GSU BAND DIRECTOR FUNERAL SET Funeral services for former GSU band director will be held Saturday, June 15th at the Zion Traveler Baptist Church in Monroe. Johnson was a local music legend in the Monroe community. As a high…

Maurice Johnson

Services set for Hattie M. Myles

May 30, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Hattie M. Myles was born on April 16, 1943, in Monroe, Louisiana to Eddie Gix and Dorothy Wright. She went to be with the Lord on May 23, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas. A visitation will be held on Saturday,…

Hattie M. Myles

Deaths from May 15 – May 16, 2019

May 23, 2019 Free PressDeaths

Orell Johnson Hill, 89 of Monroe, LA., homemaker, died May 15, 2019. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 24 at China Grove Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be Thursday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 23 at Smith…

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