Obituaries
Carolyn Louise Carroll Wheelis Freeland
Nov 6, 2025
Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Carolyn Carroll Wheelis Freeland, 85, of Rayville, LA will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, November 10, 2025, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville, LA with Rev. Colton Kelley officiating. Interment will follow in the Stevenson Cemetery in Rayville, LA.
Mrs. Freeland was born on January 15, 1940 and passed away on...
Shirley Ann Smith Myers
Nov 9, 2025
Funeral Services for Shirley Ann Smith Myers, 83, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 1:00PM Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe with Rev. Kevin Stewart and Rev. James Gardner officiating. Interment will follow in the Prewitt Cemetery, Mangham under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.
On November 9, 2025, the...
Mary Louise Brister Cobb
Nov 7, 2025
Funeral services celebrating the life of Mary Louise Brister Cobb, 81, of Mangham, Louisiana, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro, Louisiana with Rev. Clay Nichols officiating. Interment will follow immediately after at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home.
The visitation will be held from 5:00...
Carolyn Leggitt Hillman
Nov 7, 2025
Carolyn Leggitt Hillman, age 91, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on November 7, 2025. Carolyn was born on June 15, 1934, to Albert H. Leggitt and Eugenia Lyles Leggitt.
Carolyn devoted her life to her faith, family, and community. She was a proud member of Life Song Baptist Church in Greenbrier, Arkansas, and formerly of Parkview Church...
Mary Lou White
Nov 6, 2025
Funeral services for Mary Lou White, 93, of Shreveport, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel in Monroe, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd., Monroe. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. until...
Robert B. Machen LTC U.S. Army (Ret.)
Oct 14, 2025
Robert B Machen, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) August 26, 1933 - October 14, 2025
Robert “Bobby” B. Machen, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), passed away on October 14, 2025. A family graveside service will be held at 10:00am November, 14, 2025 at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville, LA. Following the burial service with military honors, a Life Celebration will...
William Grady "Bill" Kelly, Jr.
Nov 5, 2025
William Grady (Bill) Kelly, Jr. entered his rest peacefully at home on November 5, 2025. Bill was born on November 17, 1930, in Choudrant, Louisiana, the son of William Grady Kelly and Virginia Gregory Kelly. He had a happy childhood despite the Depression, always remarking that his parents kept he and his sister, Bobbie Kelly Bland, feeling safe and secure....
William "Bill" Seaborn Funderburk
Oct 27, 2025
William “Bill” Seaborn Funderburk, age 91, of Monroe, Louisiana, went home to his Lord and Savior on Monday, October 27th, 2025, passing away peacefully. He was born to Katie Lee Howell and Aaron J. Funderburk on October 11, 1934, in Winnsboro, Louisiana, the 5th of 5 children.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents Katie and Aaron; one brother Aaron...
Billie Beeson Little Dupre
Nov 7, 2025
Billie Beeson Little Dupre
Billie was born on August 10, 1937 and went to be with Jesus on November 7, 2025 after a lengthy illness. Billie was a lifelong resident of West Monroe.
As a lifetime member of First West she served in many areas including children’s choir, adult choir, clerical positions, nursery director and food service director. She worked for many...
Edie Rae Myers
Nov 7, 2025
We are sad to announce the death of Mrs. Edie Rae Myers who went to be with her Lord on November 7, 2025.
Mrs. Myers passed away at Arbor Lake Nursing Home in Farmerville, LA after a brief illness.
Mrs. Myers was a member of Jefferson Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA. She is a native of Lake, MS. and enjoyed reading...
Ingrid Lee Peterson Gray
Nov 5, 2025
Graveside services for Ingrid Lee Peterson Gray, 85, of Monroe, LA will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA, with Rev. William Sikes officiating under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd.
Mrs. Gray was born April 3, 1940, in Monroe, LA, and passed away on November 5, 2025,...
Willie Mae Meeks Reitzell
Nov 5, 2025
Willie Mae Meeks Reitzell of Monroe, Louisiana, went to be with the Lord on November 5, 2025.
Willie Mae was Born in Eudora, Arkansas, on the Beouf River in 1929. She was the youngest of thirteen siblings and the last remaining one. Willie Mae, the daughter of a sharecropper during the Great Depression, worked on the family farm in her youth....
Teresa Ann Brice
Nov 4, 2025
With deep sorrow, we announce that Teresa Ann Brice, age 69, of West Monroe, LA passed away peacefully on November 4, 2025, after a gallant battle with cancer. Teresa is at home in her eternal resting place with God and our savior, Jesus Christ.
Terry was born August 31, 1956, in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of the late Thomas and Delores...
Bobby James Hitt
Nov 2, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Bobby James Hitt, 91, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00PM Sunday, November 9, 2025, in the chapel of Rollers-Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro, AR, with Rev. Maurice L. Hitt officiating. Interment will follow in Keller’s Chapel Cemetery in Jonesboro, AR. Visitation will be from 1:00PM Sunday, November 9, 2025, until service time at...
Billy Wayne Smith
Nov 1, 2025
Billy Wayne Smith, 84, of West Monroe, Louisiana, was born on July 16, 1941, in Corinth, Mississippi and entered Heaven’s Gates on November 1, 2025.
Mr. Smith was a husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. Bill was a family man and he loved to spend time with his family,...
Eulalia "Lail" Patterson
Oct 31, 2025
Eulalia (Lail) Ann Patterson passed away peacefully at home on October 31, 2025, after a lengthy illness.
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Francis and Dorothy Patterson, Lail was a lifelong resident of West Monroe. She grew up surrounded by love and laughter alongside her sisters, Lee and Fran. A proud graduate of West Monroe High School, Lail went on to attend...
Dorothy Gayle Whitaker
Oct 31, 2025
Funeral services celebrating the life and legacy of Mrs. Dorothy Gayle Hubbard Whitaker, 85, of West Monroe, Louisiana will be held at 12:00 P.M., Saturday, November 8, 2025, at New Chapel Hill Baptist Church in West Monroe, Louisiana with Rev. Chris Burke officiating. Interment will follow immediately after in the Clark Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn...
Jimmye Doss Smith
Oct 29, 2025
Jimmye Doss Smith entered the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 29, 2025, at the age of ninety-nine. She was born on January 4, 1926, in Houston, Mississippi. Her family members and caregivers called her “Gigi.”
After earning a degree in music from Belhaven College in 1948, she married her husband of sixty-five years, James William Smith,...
Barbara Ann Greer Pearce
Oct 27, 2025
Funeral services celebrating the life of Barbara Ann Greer Pearce, 84, of West Monroe, Louisiana will be held at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the Pentecostals of the Twin Cities with Rev. Jason Ramsey officiating. Interment will follow immediately after at Hasley Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.
The visitation will be held from 5:00...
Eathelene Dee Thompson
Oct 26, 2025
Eathelene Dee Thompson, affectionately known by her family and friends as “Dee”, transitioned from this world to her heavenly resting place on October 26, 2025, in the comfort of her home after a brief illness.
Dee was born to Eathel and Virgil Glosson on October 22, 1954, in Strong, Arkansas. After completing her early education, Dee moved to Ruston, LA, where...
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