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Category: Deaths

Death Notices for the week of January 23rd

January 26, 2023 Free PressDeaths

Buford James Huckleberry, 78, of Monroe, LA Entrepreneur died January 12, 2023. Service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 6:00 PM Friday, January 27, 2023,…

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Death Notices for the week of January 16th

January 19, 2023 Free PressDeaths

Rodrick Walton, Sr., 63, of Monroe Ingersoll Rand Worker, died January 13, 2023. Service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, January 21, 2022, at International House of Prayer, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 PM Friday, January 20,…

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Death Notices for the week of January 9th

January 12, 2023 Free PressDeaths

Ms. Shirley Harris, 71, transitioned from this life on January 5, 2023, in Calhoun, LA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Jerusalem Baptist Church, 990 Britton Road, Calhoun, LA. Burial will immediately follow at Jerusalem Baptist…

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Death Notices for the week of December 19th

December 22, 2022 Free PressDeaths

Roger Bernard Young, 60 of Shreveport, LA died December 14, 2022. Service will be 11:00 AM Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Northeast LA Veterans Cemetery, Rayville, LA under the direction of Smith…

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Saturday service set for Bessie Ballard Bolden

December 15, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Bessie Ballard Bolden born in Rayville, Louisiana, on August 18, 1934, made her transition from earth to heaven on the evening of December 9, 2022. She expired peacefully in her home surrounded by her children and other family members. “Mother,”…

Bessie Ballard Bolden

Death Notices for the week of December 12th

December 15, 2022 Free PressDeaths

Ira Cole Moore transitioned from this life on December 2, 2022, in Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Union Baptist Church, 4314 Highway 165 Byp, Monroe, Louisiana. Burial will immediately…

Death Notices, Deaths

Saturday service set for Marcus Coleman, 37

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Deaths

Services will be held Saturday, December 10th, for a well-known 37-year-old man. Services for Marcus Coleman will be held at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Mr. Coleman died on December 3rd. McFarland Funeral Home…

Marcus Coleman

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