Obituaries

Mary K. Cook Smith

Mary K. Cook Smith

Sep 25, 2024

Memorial Services Celebrating the Life of Mrs. Mary K. Cook Smith, 61, of Monroe, LA, will be held 2:00PM-4:00 PM Saturday, October 26, 2024, at her home.

Mary K. was born March 9, 1963, and passed away on September 25, 2024. She attended Lea Joyner Methodist Church. Mrs. Smith graduated from St. Frederick High School in 1981 and then went on...

Sharon Boyd Rundell

Sharon Boyd Rundell

Sep 25, 2024

Sharon Boyd Rundell, the heart of the Rundell Veterinary Hospital from its inception until the doors closed, died on Wednesday, September 25 in Monroe. She was 80. 

If friendship is about what we give and not what we receive, then Sharon was as true a friend as anyone could hope to have. Her generosity extended beyond family and a close circle...

Billie Ruth Jenkins

Billie Ruth Jenkins

Sep 24, 2024

Funeral services celebrating the life of Billie Ruth Jenkins, 89, of West Monroe, Louisiana and formerly of Bastrop, Louisiana, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 27, 2024, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, with Pastor Tom Lowe officiating. Interment will follow immediately after in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Bastrop, Louisiana, under the direction of...

Alton Ray Hardwick, Sr.

Alton Ray Hardwick, Sr.

Sep 23, 2024

A memorial service for Mr. Alton Ray Hardwick, Sr., 80, of Ouachita Parish, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, September 26, 2024, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd., Monroe, LA, with Rev. Frank Seller officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home.

Mr. Hardwick was born December 8, 1943,...

Mary Lynn Lenard

Mary Lynn Lenard

Sep 20, 2024

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Mary Lynn Howard Lenard, 55, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday at Redeemed at Calvary Church West Olive St. in West Monroe, LA with Bishop Benny Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Lapine Assembly of God Church Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from...

Ellis Wayne Wassan

Ellis Wayne Wassan

Sep 20, 2024

A gathering of friends and family will be held for Ellis Wayne Wassan, 83, of West Monroe, Louisiana, from 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M., Tuesday, September 24, 2024, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. A private family service will follow at Hasley Memorial Pavilion with Rev. James Gardner officiating.

Ellis Wayne Wassan was born November 25, 1940, in...

Gladys Othell Beard

Gladys Othell Beard

Sep 19, 2024

Private Funeral Services for Mrs. Gladys Othell Beard, 93, of Winnsboro, LA, were held in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Interment was held at Crowville Masonic Cemetery.

Mrs. Beard was born August 26, 1931, and went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 19, 2024. She was a loving, hard working lady that could be classy...

Dorothy Marie Saucier Seidenspinner

Dorothy Marie Saucier Seidenspinner

Sep 19, 2024

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Marie Saucier Seidenspinner, 94, of Monroe, LA, will be held 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 23, 2024, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Monroe, LA, with Fr. Tobias Obado and Deacon Bill Goss officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd., Monroe. The Rosary...

Margaret Ann "Maggie" Huey

Margaret Ann "Maggie" Huey

Sep 18, 2024

Graveside services for Margaret Ann “Maggie” Huey will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Brian Mercer officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation to be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Saturday, September 21, 2024, at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

Mrs. Huey was born...

Gary Talley Fusons

Gary Talley Fusons

Sep 16, 2024

Gary Talley Fuson, born on July 11, 1942, in Bastrop, Louisiana, passed away in September 2024, at the age of 82 years. He had been a resident of Houston, Texas for over 50 years. 

Gary was originally from West Monroe, where he graduated from high school and immediately joined the United States Air Force. He served his country from 1960-1968, as...

John David Herren

John David Herren

Sep 16, 2024

Private Funeral Services for Mr. John David Herren, 68, of Monroe, LA, were held in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe. Private Interment followed the services. 

Mr. Herren was born September 10, 1956, in Greenville, MS, to the union of Julian and Nell Herren. He passed away after a difficult battle with cancer on September 16, 2024, in Baton Rouge,...

Edna Estelle Johnson

Edna Estelle Johnson

Sep 16, 2024

Graveside services celebrating the life of Ms. Edna Estelle Johnson, 77, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA with Rev. Wes Pierce officiating under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA. 

Ms. Johnson was born on October 30, 1946 in Monroe, LA and...

Elizabeth Ann Britt

Elizabeth Ann Britt

Sep 15, 2024

Memorial services celebrating the life of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Britt, 82, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday October 19, 2024 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA with Rev. Mike Thang’wa officiating. The visitation will be from 10 AM until service time.

Mrs. Britt died September 15, 2024 at Savannah Grand of...

Alice Tarpley Davis

Alice Tarpley Davis

Sep 15, 2024

Funeral Services for Alice Tarpley Davis, 89, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 11:00AM Friday, September 20, 2024 at Whites Ferry Road Church of Christ with Pastor David Bromley officiating. Interment will follow in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Visitation will be held from 9:00AM until service time on Friday,...

Thomas Raymond Williams

Thomas Raymond Williams

Sep 14, 2024

Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Raymond Williams, 83, of Ouachita Parish, LA, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 19, 2024, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd., Monroe, LA, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:30 A.M. until service time at the funeral home.

Thomas Raymond Williams was born January 4, 1941, and...

Clyde William Jones

Clyde William Jones

Sep 14, 2024

Funeral services for Mr. Clyde William Jones, 82, of Sterlington, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 17, 2024, at North Monroe Baptist Church with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating. Interment will follow at Carter Nicholson Cemetery in Bastrop, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd., Monroe, LA. Visitation will be held from 12:30 P.M. until...

Shelby Jean Dye Hare

Shelby Jean Dye Hare

Sep 14, 2024

Shelby Jean Dye Hare was born on Monday 22 February 1937 to Orville Seldon “Skeeter” Dye and Ruby Lee (née Lindler) Dye in Syvial, West Virginia. She died, age 87, on Saturday 14 September 2024 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Her childhood in the hills and hollows of West Virginia gave way to a lifetime in the flatlands and bayous of north Louisiana...

Nellen Kennon Hughens Brunson

Nellen Kennon Hughens Brunson

Sep 13, 2024

Nellen Kennon Hughens Brunson died on September 13, 2024 following a car accident and ensuing pneumonia. She went to her eternal home surrounded by loving family in Fort Worth, TX. 

Nellen was born in Houston, Texas on February 11, 1932. She was raised in Houston by her parents, Louis H. and Elsbeth Rowe Kennon, her grandparents and two older sisters, Elsbeth...

Faye Margie Wade

Faye Margie Wade

Sep 12, 2024

Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Faye Wade, 85, of Start, Louisiana, will be held at 4:00 P.M., Sunday, September 15, 2024, at Start Baptist Church, with Pastor Jeffrey Thomas officiating. The interment will follow immediately after at Start Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home. The visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M., Saturday,...

Emrey Harp

Emrey Harp

Sep 11, 2024

Our extraordinary mother, Emrey Harp, passed away on September 11, 2024.

She was born Beryl Emrey Liles on June 6, 1930 in Bastrop, Louisiana to the union of Nelson Pickett Liles, M.D. and Sarah Beryl Mary “Maisie” (nee Emrey) Liles.

She grew up in Bastrop enjoying all the attention bestowed upon the youngest of four children. It was there that she developed...