Obituaries

DeWanna Dale "Sissy" Black

DeWanna Dale "Sissy" Black

Dec 19, 2016

Funeral services for DeWanna Dale “Sissy” Black, 59, of Monroe, will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, December 23, 2016 at First Baptist Church of Sterlington with Rev. Dennis Hackler and Rev. Ben Hackler officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Mrs. Black died Monday, December 19, 2016. She worked...

Col. Joseph Nastasi. USMC (Ret.)

Col. Joseph Nastasi. USMC (Ret.)

Dec 19, 2016

Funeral Services for Col. Joseph Nastasi. USMC (Ret.), 91, of Monroe, LA will be held 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Monroe, LA with Father Job Edathinatt Scurria officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, LA. Joseph Nastasi was born August...

Marian  Shirley Hempel Taylor

Marian Shirley Hempel Taylor

Dec 19, 2016

Marian Shirley Hempel Taylor passed away December 19, 2016, at the age of 83. Shirley graduated from Fort Necessity High School and attended Louisiana Tech University. She married Frank Carson Taylor in 1955, and lived most of her adult life in Monroe, LA. Shirley was a proud mother and homemaker and was known to share pecan pies at any event....

ST Howell

ST Howell

Dec 18, 2016

Funeral services for ST Howell, 89, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Lakeshore Baptist Church with Rev. William Smith officiating. Private family interment will follow, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Mr. Howell died Sunday, December 18, 2016. He was a member of Lakeshore Baptist Church. He was born...

Dewey Kyle Hairston

Dewey Kyle Hairston

Dec 17, 2016

Services for Kyle Hairston, 82, of Monroe, will be held on Tuesday, December 27th at North Monroe Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Dye officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 PM and the memorial service will follow at 3:00 PM, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA. Kyle passed away on December 17, 2016....

Wendy Lynn Waksmunski

Wendy Lynn Waksmunski

Dec 17, 2016

Wendy Lynn Waksmunski, nee McNaughton, 49, of Belleville, IL, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital. She was born Oct. 16, 1967, in West Monroe, LA, to Aubrey and Betty Jo, nee Smith, McNaughton. After graduating from West Monroe High School, Wendy completed her education at cosmetology school and this would become her lifelong profession. She enjoyed music...

Thomas Brewer  Godfrey, Jr.

Thomas Brewer Godfrey, Jr.

Dec 17, 2016

Memorial Services for Thomas B. Godfrey, Jr, 81, of Monroe will be held at 2:30PM Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at St. Pauls United Methodist Church in Monroe, LA, with Dr. Tim Neustifter officiating. Interment will be held at St. Pauls United Methodist Church Columbarium. Thomas Brewer Godfrey, Jr., of Monroe died peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family on...

Anne Wooten Pierson Patten

Anne Wooten Pierson Patten

Dec 17, 2016

Anne Wooten Pierson Patten of Monroe, Louisiana was welcomed home by her Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Anne was born on March 19, 1950 to Lee Slagle Pierson and Robert Hunter Pierson. Originally from Alexandria, Louisiana, she graduated from Bolton High School in 1968. She then attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge majoring in business. She...

Phillip Gregory "Greg" Alford

Phillip Gregory "Greg" Alford

Dec 17, 2016

Phillip Gregory “Greg” Alford Funeral services for Phillip Gregory “Greg” Alford, 53, of Start, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Bible Missionary Church with Rev. Jesse Truitt officiating. Interment will follow at Start Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Mr. Alford died Saturday, December 17, 2016, at his residence. He loved...

Rev. Bobby  N. Brantley

Rev. Bobby N. Brantley

Dec 17, 2016

Funeral Services for Rev. Bobby N. Brantley, 76, of Mobile, AL, will be held at 3:00 pm on December 29, 2016 at Swartz Assembly of God with Rev. Gerald Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Brantley was born on June 1, 1940 and passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City,...

Amy Whitehead Ford

Amy Whitehead Ford

Dec 16, 2016

Funeral services for Amy Whitehead Ford, 60, of West Monroe will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday December 19, 2016 in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel Monroe, LA, with Rev. Jon Tellifero officiating. Interment will be in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe. Amy was born on...

Zoe  Jane  Mize

Zoe Jane Mize

Dec 15, 2016

Funeral services for Baby Zoe Zane Mize, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, LA with Rev. Johnathan Barbo and Rev. Ricky Barber officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn’s Infant Garden in Monroe, LA. She is survived by her parents, Jake Mize and Kelsi Scott; paternal grandparent, Myra Mize;...

Thomas David Brunt, Jr

Thomas David Brunt, Jr

Dec 15, 2016

Funeral services for Thomas David Brunt, Jr, 74, of Monroe will be held at 2:00PM Monday December 19, 2016 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe, LA, with Rev. Aaron Dickinson and Dr. Mark Fenn officiating. Interment will be in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Brunt was owner of Brunt Tile and Marble for 35 years and served...

Doris Rae Rush

Doris Rae Rush

Dec 15, 2016

Memorial services for Doris Rae Rush, 86, formerly of Delhi, LA, will be held graveside, at 11:30 AM, January 4, 2017, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, LA, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Mrs. Rush passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016, at her home in Jackson, MS. She is preceded...

Lillie M. Halbrook

Lillie M. Halbrook

Dec 12, 2016

Services for Mrs. Lillie M. Halbrook, 85 of Winnsboro, will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 16, 2016 in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Winnsboro, with Bro. Dennis Fontenot, and Bro. Paul Jones officiating. Interment will follow in Chase Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Mrs. Halbrook was a retired nurse, and passed away...

Paul David Boatright

Paul David Boatright

Dec 12, 2016

Services for Mr. Paul David Boatright, 69 of Newellton, LA will be held at a later date, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mr. Boatright was retired from the U. S. Navy and passed away on Dec. 12, 2016. He was preceded in death by wife, Sandra Boatright, 3 brothers; Joseph Wade Boatright, Floyd Boatright, and Rev....

Seth Michael Becknel

Seth Michael Becknel

Dec 12, 2016

Seth Michael Becknel died peacefully on December 12, 2016. Seth, a proud St. Bernard Parish native, was living in West Monroe, Louisiana. He was 30 years old. Seth is survived by his son, Seth J. Becknel, his parents, David and Sheila Becknel, his sisters, Shanna Gonzales and Sonya Luckette, brother-in-law Don Gonzales, sister-in-law Amber Luckette, and nieces, Isabella and Avery....

Sidney Stokes

Sidney Stokes

Dec 12, 2016

Mr. Sidney Stokes Funeral service for Mr. Sidney Stokes, 81, of Sterlington, LA, will be held at 2:00PM Thursday, December 15, 2016, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe with Rev. Matt Coker, Mr. J.R. Wells and Rev. Allan Eppinette officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Stokes passed away on December 12, 2016, in Monroe,...

Shirley  Ann Crain

Shirley Ann Crain

Dec 11, 2016

Funeral Services for Mrs. Shirley Ann Crain, 64, of Oakdale, LA, will be held 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel in Monroe, LA with Sandra Lacorce officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA. Shirley was born December 30,...

Elsie  Allen Middleton Tanner

Elsie Allen Middleton Tanner

Dec 10, 2016

Funeral services for Elsie Allen Middleton Tanner, 81, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 11:00AM, Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Lakeshore Baptist Church, Monroe, LA with Rev. William L. Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Mrs. Tanner passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016, at her...