Obituaries
Frances Evelyn Drumwright West
Sep 5, 2016
Funeral services for Frances Evelyn Drumwright West, 96, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 8, 2016, in the chapel at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, 623 Highway 80 E, Monroe, LA, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. West died Monday, September 5, 2016, at Avalon Place. Mrs....
Ronald Eugene Shemwell, MD
Sep 5, 2016
Funeral services for Ronald E. Shemwell, MD, 80 of Monroe, LA will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, September 10, 2016 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Monroe, with Rev. Tim Neustifter officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Dr. Shemwell was born November 2, 1935 and passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife Virginia and his...
Violet Decuir Butler
Sep 4, 2016
Funeral Services for Violet Decuir Butler, 96, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 7, 2016 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA with Fr. Frank Coens officiating. Interment will be in the St. Paschal’s Catholic Church Cemetery in West Monroe, LA. Mrs. Butler was born January 21, 1920 and passed away...
Beverly Adams Mitchell
Sep 3, 2016
Beverly Adams Mitchell, 93 passed away September 3, 2016 in West Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church. Dr. Jim Wolfe will officiate and internment will follow at Hasley Cemetery. Beverly was born January 25, 1923, in Monroe, Louisiana. She graduated from Tioga High School in 1940, and...
Ida Graham Wood
Sep 3, 2016
Funeral services for Ida Graham Wood, 94 years young, of Monroe, LA, will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at Memorial Baptist Church, Monroe, LA, with Rev. Roger Stoffer officiating. Interment will follow at Hall Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Rd., Monroe, LA. Mrs. Wood was born in Crowville, LA, on May 14, 1922,...
Elizabeth "Tee" Jacobs
Sep 3, 2016
Funeral services for Meddie Elizabeth Jacobs, 107, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, with Pastor Jerry Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Visitation will be 9:00 AM until service time at the mausoleum...
Terry Michael Blakeney, Sr.
Sep 3, 2016
Funeral service for Mike Blakeney will be at 3:00 PM Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel in Monroe, LA, with Pastor Warren Eckardt officiating. Mr. Blakeney was born on December 8, 1959 and departed from this life on September 3, 2016. Mike was an accomplished voice talent and radio personality, best known for waking the Ark-La-Miss up...
Gordon "Gordy" Pederson
Sep 2, 2016
Gordon “Gordy” Pederson, 76, of Monroe, LA, was called to his heavenly home Friday, September 2, 2016, with his family at his side. He was born to Irvin, Sr. and Evelyn (Rogstad) Pederson in Westby, MT on September 3, 1939. He graduated from Ferndale (WA) High School in 1957 and served four years in the Air Force during the Vietnam...
Patricia "P.K." Wells
Sep 2, 2016
Memorial services for Patricia “PK” Wells, 67, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday, September 4, 2016, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, LA, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. P.K. passed away Friday, September 2, 2016, at St. Francis Medical Center downtown. She was a...
Benjamin B Eppinette
Sep 1, 2016
Benjamin B. Eppinette Start, LA Funeral services for Mr. Benjamin B. Eppinette, 81 of Start, LA will be at 11:00AM Monday, September 5, 2016 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Skinner officiating. Interment will follow in the New Salem Cemetery in Girard, LA under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home-Rayville. Mr. Benjamin was born on September...
Shirley "Nettles" Lewis
Aug 31, 2016
Funeral services for Shirley “Nettles” Lewis, 79, of Monroe, will be held at 11:00 AM, Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Swartz Assembly of God with Rev .Gary Sapp officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis was born September 1, 1936 and passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Ouachita Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Lewis worked at...
Gertrude Tyler
Aug 30, 2016
Services for Gertrude S. Tyler, 88 of Baskin will be held 2:00PM Tuesday, September 6, 2016 in the Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Marion Collier officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hale Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home-Winnsboro. Mrs. Gertrude was born on October 24, 1927 in Crowville and passed from this life on August 30,...
Robert Hardin "Bob" Finch
Aug 30, 2016
Robert Hardin “Bob” Finch, a resident of Monroe, passed away on August 30, 2016, at the age of 87 after a short illness. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Retiring as a Senior Master Sergeant from the US Air Force, he had a second career as a computer programmer...
George Whipple Temple
Aug 29, 2016
George Whipple Temple, age 94, longtime resident of Monroe, went to join his many friends and family in heaven on August 28, 2016. George, the eldest of three sons was born to George Cyrus and Isabel Carson Barnes Temple on August 6, 1922, in Newfane, VT. George, a devoted servant of his Lord was a longtime member of the First...
Don Allen McGowan
Aug 29, 2016
Funeral Services for Don Allen McGowan, 70, of Monroe Louisiana will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 2, 2016 at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe Louisiana with Preacher Paul Carter officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Mulhearn Funeral Home. Don was born to Marvin and Lillie Mae McGowan on...
Sybil Braddock
Aug 27, 2016
Graveside services for Sybil Braddock, 81, of Monroe, will be held at 11:30 AM Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Mount Rose Cemetery, Grayson, LA with Rev. Clyde Sanchez and Bro. Dilan Braddock officiating. Mrs. Braddock was born October 8, 1935 and passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX. Mrs. Braddock was a longtime...
Sam Brinson, Jr.
Aug 26, 2016
Our hero, Sam Brinson, Jr., a WWII veteran and former owner of Brinson Williams and Clarke AC and Refrigeration passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 with his family at his side. Funeral services with Military honors will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 29, 2016 in Feazel Chapel of First Baptist Church, West Monroe. Dr. Dwight Munn will officiate....
Gary E. Futch
Aug 26, 2016
Gary E. Futch Funeral services for Gary E. Futch, 74, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, Monroe, LA, with Rev. Oda “Tuck” Roberts and Rev. Jim Arrant officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Futch died Friday, August 26, 2016, at St. Francis Medical Center....
Kenneth Wayne Hall, Jr.
Aug 25, 2016
Kenneth Wayne Hall, Jr., 87, of Monroe, LA passed away peacefully on August 24, 2016. He was surrounded by his loving family during his last days. Mr. Hall was born in Wiville, AR, on June 15, 1929 to Kenneth Wayne Hall Sr. and Margie Irene Joyner Hall. Celebration of remembrance for Mr. Hall will be 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm,...
Carolyn Elizabeth Barnes
Aug 23, 2016
Funeral Services for Carolyn Elizabeth Barnes, 76, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00PM Saturday, August 27, 2016 at McClendon Baptist Church in West Monroe, LA with Bro. Kevin Stewart officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Calhoun under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA. Mrs. Barnes was born on July 18, 1940...


