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Category: Deaths

Death Notices for the week of March 7th

March 10, 2022 Free PressDeaths

Charles Lee Marshall, 82 of Monroe, LA Retired Shipping Manager, died February 24, 2022. Services will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 12, 2022, at St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church, West Monroe. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M.,…

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Jewel’s Civic and Social Organization presents its 10th Annual Mardi Gras Gala

March 3, 2022March 10, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Jewel’s Civic and Social Organization held its 10th annual Mardi Gras Gala on Saturday, February 26, 2022, beginning at 7 pm at the Bastrop Municipal Center in Bastrop, Louisiana. Party goers were not deterred by the rain. In addition to…

King Walter Moore, Queen Sandra Boston

Death Notices for the week of February 28th

March 3, 2022 Free PressDeaths

LaTretta Marie Thomas, 58 of Monroe, LA Homemaker, died February 18, 2022. Service will be 11:00 A.M., Friday, March 04, 2022, at New Daughter of Zion Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA. Visitation will be 3:00 -5:00 P.M., Thursday, March 03,…

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Funeral set for woman with 36 great-grandchildren

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Funeral services for a woman with 36 great-granchildren will be held next week. Services for Annece Pearson, 78, will be held on Saturday, March 5th at 2:30 p.m. at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church. She died on February 17th.…

Mother Annece Pearson Sweet

Death Notices for the week of February 21st

February 24, 2022 Free PressDeaths

Dinah Williams, 70 of Monroe, LA., died February 22, 2022. Service will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 26, 2022, at First Baptist Missionary Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M., Friday, February 25, 2022, at Smith…

Death Notices, Deaths

Death Notices for the week of February 14th

February 17, 2022 Free PressDeaths

DeAndrus LaDon Collins, 42 of Monroe, LA Healthcare died February 07, 2022. Service will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Greater New Antioch Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M., Friday, February 18,…

Death Notices, Deaths

Obituary for Felix Manyweather

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Felix Augusta Manyweather was born December 30, 1955, to Arthur and Barbara Manyweather, Monroe, LA. Felix confessed faith in Christ at an early age under the leadership of Rev. Felix Thompson at St. Luke Baptist Church. He was also a…

Felix Manyweather

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