Jessie C. Wise
December 25, 1941 — March 11, 2023
Visitation: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport.
Sharlotte Emmeline Maxey
October 11, 1949 — March 17, 2023
Memorial Service: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 3:00-4:00 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home and Crematory, 2156 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Patricia Hill
August 9, 1942 — March 16, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Wake: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 9:00 a.m. at 1st Antioch B.C., Rodessa.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at 1st Antioch B.C., Rodessa.
Interment: Saturday, March 25, 2023, following service at 1st Antioch B.C., Rodessa.
Gary Lewis
October 19, 1957 — February 28, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Galilee Baptist Church, Colquit Road, Keithville.
Interment: Saturday, March 25, 2023, following service at Galilee Baptist Church, Keithville.
Leona Hawkins
August 4, 1961 — March 13, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 6915 W. 70th Street, Shreveport.
Conswella Robinson
September 26, 1975 — March 14, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Charity Chapel CME, Keithville.
Interment: Saturday, March 25, 2023, following service at Charity Chapel Cemetery, Keithville.
Bertha Rushing
September 12, 1945 — March 14, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at Willow Chute Baptist Church, 2645 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Willow Chute Baptist Church, 2645 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, March 25, 2023, following service at Round Grove Cemetery, Round Grove Lane, Shreveport.
Cleon Stewart
November 23, 1961 — March 17, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 301 Old Bellevue Road, Benton.
Interment: Saturday, March 25, 2023, following service at Benton Community Cemetery, Benton.
Jimmy Wayne Gardner
June 7, 1960 — March 12, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 12:00 p.m. at Little Union B.C.
Interment: Saturday, March 25, 2023, following service at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 6915 W. 70th Street, Shreveport.
Virginia Kennedy
January 25, 1948 — March 19, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Charlene LeNoir Dowden
December 16, 1942 — March 19, 2023
Visitation: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.
Memorial Service: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Osborn Funeral Home, 3631 Southern Avenue, Shreveport.
Barbara Piazza
May 23, 1952 — March 16, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 7, 2023, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Believers Worship Center, 6068 LA-3, Benton.
Memorial Service: Friday, April 7, 2023, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Believers Worship Center, 6068 LA-3, Benton.
James Cecil Johnson
August 15, 1937 — March 16, 2023
Funeral Service: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk Street, Mansfield.
Interment: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at Highland Cemetery, Mansfield.
Marissa R. Martin
May 2, 1949 — March 14, 2023
Viewing: Friday, March 24, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel, 4017 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Union Mission Baptist Church #2, 5749 King Street, Shreveport.
Michael ‘Mike’ Roy Blakeley
July 18, 1951 — March 6, 2023
Visitation: Friday, March 24, 2023, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Funeral Service: Friday, March 24, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Interment: Friday, March 24, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 7970 Mike Clark Road, Keithville.
Vernia Ross
December 29, 1939 — March 4, 2023
Funeral Service: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Avenue, Shreveport.
Interment: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, following service at Forest Park East Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport.
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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