Joan Bush
November 21, 1934 — March 6, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 10:00-11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Waskom, 185 Colquitt Street, Waskom, Texas.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Waskom, 185 Colquitt Street, Waskom, Texas.

Coralee Gayle Benson
July 18, 1939 — March 4, 2023
Visitation: Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Boone Funeral Home, 2156 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Memorial Service: Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home, 2156 Airline Drive, Bossier City.

Melvin C. Jones
September 1, 1954 — March 3, 2023
Viewing: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel, 4017 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2842 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Shreveport.

Antoinette E. Kennedy
February 27, 1945 — March 3, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel, 4017 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Carver Memorial Cemetery, 498 Kennie Road, Shreveport.

Robert LeRoy ‘Peas’ McCoy, Sr.
February 27, 1945 — March 3, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel, 4017 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Bright Star Baptist Church, 3330 Meriwether Road, Shreveport.

Melissa Dixon
August 17, 1946 — March 7, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel, 4017 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 1:30 p.m. at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel, 4017 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.

Josh Stewart
December 15, 1944 — March 3, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Visitation: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.

Kynlei Gardner
October 1, 2020 — March 8, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Friday, March 10, 2023, 5:00 p.m. at New Bethel MBC, 3300 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at St. Mark Cemetery, Hall Summit.

Scott Fortenberry
November 9, 1960 — March 4, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.
Memorial Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.

Lacy Masterson
November 4, 1999 — February 25, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.

Louise Courtney
November 29, 1929 — March 6, 2023
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1680 1st Street, Arcadia.

Gunnar Mackenzy Ellis Linebarger
February 12, 1999 — March 10, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 211 Murrell Street, Minden.
Graveside Service: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Gibsland.

Sandra Lee Beene
May 19, 1952 — March 7, 2023
Memorial Service: Friday, March 10, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Aulds Funeral Home Chapel, 7849 East Kings Highway, Shreveport.

Branden Micah Jenkins
February 24, 1995 — February 28, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Avenue, Shreveport.
Memorial Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Avenue, Shreveport.

Adrian Douglas
September 28, 1935 — March 5, 2023
Visitation: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:00-1:30 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Thursday, March 9, 2023, following service at Forest Park Cemetery East, Shreveport.

Julie Anne Adams Rogers
August 15, 1963 — March 4, 2023
Visitation: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Drive, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Friday, March 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 1710 McArthur Drive, Mansfield.
Interment: Friday, March 10, 2023, following service at Keatchie Cemetery, Keatchie.

Roy D. Crew, Jr.
December 5, 1984 — February 21, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at St. Mark Baptist Church, 1717 Shepherd Street, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, following service at Round Grove Cemetery, St. Mark B.C.

Dwight Shields
October 8, 1965 — February 26, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.

Callie B. Samuels
September 5, 1935 — February 27, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 6915 W. 70th Street, Shreveport.

Eric Campbell
June 22, 1967 — February 28, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, following service at Round Grove Cemetery, St. Mark B.C.

Clarence Calvin Maiden
December 2, 1935 — March 1, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Bethel MBC #1, 12535 Mansfield Road, Keithville.
Interment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, following service at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 6915 W. 70th Street, Shreveport.

Thelma Humprey
May 12, 1940 — February 28, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 4670 Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, following service at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.

Edgar Layne Irvin
September 25, 1943 — February 25, 2023
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church, 943 Pine Hill Road, Shreveport.

Bettye Jean Paulk
March 24, 1971 — March 4, 2023
Graveside Service: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Hickory Grove Cemetery, Holloway.

Ann Marie Best
March 24, 1971 — March 4, 2023
Visitation: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church, Shreveport.

Wayne Wilson
November 6, 1962 — March 1, 2023
Family Hour: Friday, March 10, 2023, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Avenue, Shreveport.
Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:00 p.m. at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Avenue, Shreveport.

Charles Henry Hunsicker
October 5, 1957 — March 3, 2023
Visitation: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.

Claude Glennon Summerlin
September 25, 1943 — February 25, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Memorial Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 3:00-4:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Inurnment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, following service at Rose-Neath Cemetery, 5185 Swan Lake Road, Bossier City.

JoAnne Wortham Jones
July 26, 1942 — March 5, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:00-1:30 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk Street, Mansfield.
Graveside Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Don Jones Cemetery, Mansfield.

Erik Anthony Alvarez
November 21, 1980 — March 4, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 10, 2023, 2:30-4:00 p.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church, 8924 Jewella Avenue, Shreveport.
Memorial Gathering: Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church, 8924 Jewella Avenue, Shreveport.

Jeffrey Glenn Peel
January 18, 1953 — March 2, 2023
Celebration of Life: Friday, March 10, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home, 2156 Airline Drive, Bossier City.

Ernestine Douglas Thompson
February 25, 1937 — February 28, 2023
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2842 Martin Luther King Drive, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, following service at Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2842 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Shreveport.

Deloris Thompson Walton
June 9, 1946 — February 25, 2023
Interment: Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Southern Memorial Gardens, 3012 Blount Road, Baton Rouge.

David Allen Wines
September 29, 1940 — February 25, 2023
Memorial Service: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 3:00 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.

L B Washington
April 17, 1935 — March 1, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-4:45 p.m. at Shreveport Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center, 5307 Alex Lane, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Lincoln Memorial Park, 6915 W. 70th Street, Shreveport.

David Carl Walls
May 23, 1963 — February 28, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00-4:45 p.m. at Shreveport Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center, 5307 Alex Lane, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2842 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Shreveport.

Ginger Dawn Fleming
October 11, 1951 — February 19, 2023
Memorial Service: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at United Pentacostal Church of Benton, 220 Pine Street, Benton.

Freddy Bruce Studdard
May 4, 1946 — December 23, 2022
Graveside Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00-1:30 p.m. at Mount Paran Cemetery, 3749 Mt. Paran Church Road, Social Circle, Ga.

Robert T. Stinson III
June 6, 1946 — January 29, 2023
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at 220 Cash Point Road, Bossier City. (In case of inclement weather, the celebration will be held at Benton Methodist Church, 4615 Palmetto Road, Benton.)

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