Jessie B. Williams, 85 of Monroe Educator, died December 01, 2021. Service will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 11, 2021, at Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M., Friday, December 10, 2021, at Smith Funeral Home.…
Category: Deaths
Services Saturday for former Beautician Mary Alice Holmes
Funeral services for a retired hairdresser who died recently are scheduled for Saturday, December 4th. Services for Mother Mary Alice Holmes will be held Saturday, December 4, 202,1 at New St. James Baptist Church at 12 noon. Walk through will…
Empower yourself today
By Rusty Potter This year we have experienced intense setbacks, economic downturns, racial strife, and a pandemic. We all have endured some types of setbacks in the past two years. The setbacks are just a bend in the road of…
Death Notices for the week of November 29th
Betty Marie Jackson, 59 of Monroe, LA. Homemaker died November 22, 2021. Service will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, December 02, 2021, at Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 01, 2021, at Smith Funeral…
Dontrell Broadway family thanks public after death
The family of Dontrell DeWayne Broadway, Jr. expressed its warm appreciation and thanks for the love and support shown during the recent death of their loved one. Broadway died October 29, 2021. He was 20 years old. His survivors included…
Saturday Services set for Monroe native Larry Poe, Sr.
Funeral services for Monroe native Larry Poe, Sr., are scheduled for Saturday in Centerville, Ga. Poe, a retired Naval Petty Officer and long time resident of Centerville, GA died unexpectedly on November 15, 2021, at the age of 69 while…
Police investigating Jessica Lee murder
Monroe Police are investigating the murder of a woman found in an Evangeline Street Apartment this week. According to police shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 15, 2021, the Monroe Police Department responded to 3000 Evangeline Street, Apt. 15 in reference…