Obituaries

Elna Carol Lopinto

Elna Carol Lopinto

Sep 29, 2021

Memorial services for Mrs. Elna Carol Lopinto, 78, of Metarie, LA, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 9, 2021, at Our Lady of Guadelupe, 411 N. Rampart St., New Orleans, LA 70112, with Father Anthony Rigoli officiating. Mrs. Lopinto was born October 23, 1942, in Hattiesburg, MS, and passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at Glenwood Regional Medical...

William  Larry "Snuff" Garrett

William Larry "Snuff" Garrett

Sep 28, 2021

Larry “Snuff” Garrett was reunited with his wife, Vettye, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. He passed peacefully surrounded by his son, Patrick, daughter-in-law, Kaycee, and granddaughters, Caroline and Amelie. He was born in Haynesville on December 19, 1946, to Bill and Minnie (Bailey) Garrett. He was raised as an only child, and everyone knew he loved to be the center...

Bessie  Lee Shaw

Bessie Lee Shaw

Sep 28, 2021

Bessie Lee Graves Shaw Funeral service for Mrs. Bessie Lee Graves Shaw, 89, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 10:00AM Friday, October 1, 2021, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe with Rev. Butch Pilcher officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM Thursday, September 30, 2021, at...

Rev. Sherwood E. Smith

Rev. Sherwood E. Smith

Sep 28, 2021

Rev. Sherwood E. Smith Funeral Services Celebrating the Life of Rev. Sherwood E. Smith, 90, of Chatham, LA, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Zoar Road in Chatham, LA, with Rev. Dale Mercer and Mr. Alton Braddock officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery under the direction...

Elizabeth Shipp

Elizabeth Shipp

Sep 28, 2021

Elizabeth “Liz” Shipp June 19, 1944 – September 27, 2021 Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Shipp, 77, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 30, 2021, at Christian Life Church in Monroe, LA, with Rev. Danny Chance and Rev. Artie Beebe officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Calhoun, under...

Larry Claude Heard

Larry Claude Heard

Sep 27, 2021

Funeral Services for Larry Claude Heard, 65, of West Monroe, LA, will be held Friday, October 1, 2021, at 2:00 P.M. at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel in Monroe, LA, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. until service time on Friday at the Mausoleum Chapel. Larry died on September 27, 2021, at Glenwood Regional...

Paul B. Miller

Paul B. Miller

Sep 26, 2021

Funeral services celebrating the life of Paul Braxton Miller, 64, of Farmerville, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, September 30, 2021, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA, with Dr. Keith McVay and Bill Heard officiating. Interment will follow in Rocky Branch Cemetery. Visitation will be from Noon until service time on Thursday at...

Nannye Elizabeth Girod Wilks

Nannye Elizabeth Girod Wilks

Sep 25, 2021

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Nannye Elizabeth Girod Wilks, 94, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 12:00 Noon Tuesday September 28, 2021, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA with Rev. Ricky Baker officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA. Nannye Elizabeth was born in Hebert, La...

Johnny Hodge

Johnny Hodge

Sep 24, 2021

Johnny was born on October 26, 1977, in West Monroe, LA, and passed away on September 24, 2021, in Monroe, LA. Memorial services will be held at a later date. He had a love for music, fishing and fast food, especially Johnny’s Pizza. He enjoyed just being on the go, it didn’t matter where, and if you were going somewhere...

Christopher Paul Gallagher, Sr.

Christopher Paul Gallagher, Sr.

Sep 24, 2021

Memorial services for Christopher Paul Gallagher, Sr., 64, of Monroe, LA will be held at 4:00 P.M. Monday October 4, 2021, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe, LA with Deacon Scott Brandle officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 P.M. until time of service. Mr. Gallagher died September 24, 2021, at the St. Francis Medical Center after a...

Robert Q. "Bob" Humble

Robert Q. "Bob" Humble

Sep 24, 2021

Robert Q. “Bob” Humble Celebration of the life of Mr. Robert Q. "Bob" Humble, 81, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00PM Saturday, October 2, 2021, at First West with Pastor Michael Wood and Dr. Mark Fenn officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Visitation will be...

Freddy  Conley Oliveaux

Freddy Conley Oliveaux

Sep 24, 2021

Freddy C. Oliveaux Funeral service for Mr. Freddy C. Oliveaux, 83, of Monroe, LA will be held at 11:00AM Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at Memorial Baptist Church in Monroe with Rev. Roger Stoffer officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Visitation will be from 6:00PM until 8:00PM Monday,...

Effie Walters Whitfield

Effie Walters Whitfield

Sep 22, 2021

Funeral service for Mrs. Effie Walters Whitfield, 93, of Monroe, LA, will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 24, 2021, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Brian Mercer officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Mrs. Whitfield was born on June 21, 1928, in Gilbert, LA,...

Judy Morrell

Judy Morrell

Sep 22, 2021

Judy Ann Morrell Judy Ann Morrell, born in Monroe, LA, and a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the age of 65. Judy most recently worked for the Road Home and Restore Louisiana assistance programs. She began her career in Monroe with People’s Homestead Bank, before moving to Baton Rouge to work for Capitol One...

James Hewitt Gross

James Hewitt Gross

Sep 22, 2021

James Hewitt Gross, lovingly known to all as “T-Daddy”, 87, was born on February 15, 1934, in Mansfield, Louisiana. He passed into eternal life on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Funeral services will be held at Grace Pointe Church, 1905 Auburn Avenue, Monroe, LA on Monday, September 27, 2021, at 11:00 A.M. with Bishop Bennie Jones and Pastor John Jones officiating....

Tex David Shelley, Jr.

Tex David Shelley, Jr.

Sep 22, 2021

Funeral Services Celebrating the Life of Mr. Tex David Shelley, Jr., 60, of Shepherd, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 26, 2021 at the Friendship Baptist Church in Baskin, LA with Rev. Prentis Gandy officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Hale Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro, LA. David was born on January...

Bobbye Jean Buelow

Bobbye Jean Buelow

Sep 21, 2021

Funeral service for Mrs. Bobbye Jean Poindexter Buelow, 90, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00PM Saturday, September 25, 2021, in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Brother Jacob Duvall officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M....

William Ronald "Ron" Downing

William Ronald "Ron" Downing

Sep 21, 2021

William Ronald "Ron" Downing was born on November 12, 1946, in Monroe, Louisiana and departed this worldly life on September 21, 2021, in West Monroe, Louisiana. During his time on this earth, he had a passion for historical preservation of Ouachita Parish. He was a 3rd generation descendant of Judge Robert Endom and Mayor Fred Endom who played a large...

Robert Owen Hahn

Robert Owen Hahn

Sep 19, 2021

Robert Owen Hahn of Monroe, LA, died September 19, 2021. Bob was born January 3,1939 in East Cleveland, Ohio to Ruth Jurs Hahn and Harold A. Hahn. He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Laura Hahn and his sister Carol Hahn Smith. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Evelyn Amman Hahn, his sister, Kathryn...

Elsie Marie Spiller

Elsie Marie Spiller

Sep 18, 2021

Funeral Services for Elsie Marie Higgins Spiller, 89, of Ruston, LA will be held at 11:00AM Saturday, September 25, 2021 in the Chapel of Temple Baptist Church, Ruston with Rev. Dale Oden officiating. Interment will follow in Douglas Cemetery, Ruston under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Elsie Marie Higgins Spiller was born on March 18, 1932, in...