Funeral services for a former Wossman football player will be held Friday. Services for Derrick Deon Wilhite will be held Friday, July 15, 2022, at 1 p.m. at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church. Visitation will be held Thursday, July…
Category: Deaths
Popular singer “Big Baby” dies, at 47
Funeral services for the well-known gospel and RB singer Tameka “Big Baby” Goodman will be held Saturday, July 9th in Shreveport, LA. Goodman was born December 15, 1974, and died on July 4, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. She was born…
Willie Mae McCoy, head of influential family dies at 92
The matriarch of one of the city’s most prominent families, Willie Mae McCoy, died last week and funeral services will be held Saturday. Funeral services for Sister Willie Mae McCoy will be held Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Walk…
Funeral services Saturday for Janie Minnifield – Pleasant
Janie Orean Minnifield-Pleasant was born on December 29, 1935, to Gladys Windbush and Cleveland Minnifield in Sibley, LA. She transitioned from this earthly life on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the age of 86. Her funeral service will be held…
Death Notices for the week of July 4th
Jeremy Pratt Harris, 35 of Monroe, LA died June 30, 2022. Service will be 2:00 PM Thursday, July 07, 2022, at Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 PM Wednesday at Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be…
Death Notices for week of June 27th
Beverly Watkins Abram, 75 of Monroe, LA Social Security Admin. died June 21, 2022. Service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, July 02, 2022, at St. Matthews Christ Holiness Church, Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 PM Friday,…
Local Gospel Music legend, Leatrice Morrison, dead at 87
Leatrice Dunn Morrison, the first chapter representative of the local chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, died Sunday at the age of 87. Morrison, a Monroe native, was well known as a church musician in the Monroe community…