On Sunday, July 22, 2018, Sister Nellie Mae Harris departed for her heavenly home after a 100 year journey on this earth. She was born January 30, 1918 to Mr. Robert Harris and Mrs. Mamie Sims Harris in Union Parish…
Category: Deaths
Services Saturday for former educator, Willie Isby, Jr.
A prominent educator and churchman in the Monroe community died recently but will be memorialized in services Saturday. Funeral services for Willie Isby, Jr. will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Zion Traveler’s Baptist Church in Monroe. Isby…
Celebration of life honoring PFC Herman Jerome Davis, III
Pfc. Herman Jerome Davis III was born in Monroe Louisiana on Thursday August 23, 1990 to the late Herman Jerome Davis Jr. and Hiwatha LaNa’ Douglas. Herman began his Christian journey as a member of the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist…
Obituary for Sister Elizabeth “Liz” Smith Dunaway
Sister Elizabeth “Liz” Smith Dunaway was born August 4, 1945 to the late Jo Louis Smith and Queen Esther Jones Johnson in Monroe, LA. She was a graduate of Carroll High School and attended Robinson Business College in Monroe, LA.…
Celebration of life for Sister Martha Staten Henry
God in his infamous wisdom saw that the road was getting tough, so on July 10, 2018, at 10:00p.m he dispatched his Angels to St. Francis Medical Center to bring home his servant to rest from her labor on earth…
Obituary for Velma Holloway
Velma Lee Augurson Holloway was born April 13, 1930 Wisner, LA and was the third of eleven surviving children of Elder Jesse and Sophia Augurson. She lost her battle with cancer on July 14, 2018. Velma was bap Log…
Deaths from June 24 – July 8, 2018
Lovie Ford, 76 a resident of Collinston, La., homemaker, died July 4, 2018. Services are Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 1:00pm at Star Light B.C. in Swartz, La. Visitation will be Friday, July 13, 2018 from 6:00-7:00pm at Tennant Funeral…