Guss Thomas Weaver, Jr.
July 9, 1936 — April 7, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Friday, April 14, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport.

Renee Frances Jackson
September 8, 1968 — April 8, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, 2200 Laurel Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, 2200 Laurel Street, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Union Cemetery, Waskom, Texas.

Sylvester Watson
August 24, 1963 — April 9, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 21, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, 2200 Laurel Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 22, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, 2200 Laurel Street, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, April 22, 2023, following service at Lincoln Memorial Park.

Walter Lee Thompkins, Jr.
November 12, 1973 — April 4, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:30 p.m. at Colquit B.C., Vivian Cemetery, Vivian.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Vivian Cemetery, Vivian.

Sharon Turner Mosley
April 21, 1972 — April 11, 2023
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00-11:30 a.m. at Whispering Pines Cemetery, Minden.

Phillip Glen Self
December 16, 1955 — April 3, 2023
Memorial Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 9891 Texas Hwy, Many.

Lucille Thomas Scott
May 12, 1950 — April 5, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, 2200 Laurel Street, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 12:00 p.m. at Carver Cemetery, 498 Kennie Road, Shreveport.

Willie Barnard Lofton
June 9, 1969 — April 6, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, 2200 Laurel Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 4670 Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Lincoln Memorial Park.

Bobby Wayne Young
February 22, 1943 — April 6, 2023
Memorial Service: Monday, April 17, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Trinity Heights Baptist Church, 3820 Old Mooringsport Road, Shreveport.

Chizuko Takamatsu Austerfield
April 28, 1932 — April 9, 2023
Visitation: Monday, April 17, 2023, 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Monday, April 17, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport.

Charlotte Kopf
January 23, 1940 — February 21, 2023
Celebration of Life: Saturday, April 29, 2023, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Westlake Baptist Church, 2587 Highway 163, Doyline.

John Stanley Pawlik, Jr.
June 2, 1932 — April 4, 2023
Memorial Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home and Crematory, 2156 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 3:00 p.m. at Hill Crest Memorial Park, 601 US-80, Haughton.

Peter Woodard
June 5, 1958 — April 5, 2023
Memorial Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home and Crematory, 2156 Airline Drive, Bossier City.

Eddie Earl Rawls
April 17, 1941 — April 6, 2023
Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church, 104 Hwy 71, Coushatta.

Ruby Mae Jones
May 25, 1946 — April 2, 2023
Graveside Service: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 4:00 p.m. at Starlight Cemetery, Armstead, Coushatta.

Dorothy Johnson Owens
March 17, 1942 — April 6, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 9:00-11:00 a.m. at Bossier Baptist Church, 809 Hamilton Road, Bossier City.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Bossier Baptist Church, 809 Hamilton Road, Bossier City.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 199 Ebenezer Road, Taylortown.

Helen Jean Griffin
October 11, 1953 — March 30, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Graveside Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Round Grove Cemetery, Round Grove Lane, Shreveport.

Adam Darnell
January 3, 1978 — April 1, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Mt. Bethel #1 Missionary Baptist Church, 12535 Mansfield Road, Keithville.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Bethel #1 Missionary Baptist Church, 12535 Mansfield Road, Keithville.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at East Mission Cemetery.

Emma Richardson
February 13, 1957 — April 3, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Memorial Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Morning Star Baptist Church, 5340 Jewella Avenue, Shreveport.

Mark Anthony Stewart
November 12, 1973 — April 4, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Providence Baptist Church, 601 LA 162, Benton.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Benton Community Cemetery, Macedonia, Benton.

Arthur D. Walker
November 20, 1959 — April 5, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Heavenly Gates, 1339 Jewell Street, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Canaan B.C.
Graveside Service: Monday, April 17, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 79701 Mike Clark Road, Keithville.

Kenneth Edward Rice
August 22, 1950 — April 1, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Barksdale Baptist Church, 1714 Jimmie Davis Hwy, Bossier City.
Funeral Service: Saturday, May 13, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Barksdale Baptist Church, 1714 Jimmie Davis Hwy, Bossier City.

Betty Scarborough
November 22, 1932 — April 7, 2023
Funeral Service: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Interment: Thursday, April 13, 2023, following service at Hill Crest Memorial Park Cemetery, 601 US-80, Haughton.

Donna Gale Cothran
September 22, 1943 — April 7, 2023
Funeral Service: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City.
Interment: Thursday, April 13, 2023, following service at Gardens of Memory, 211 Murrell Street, Minden.

Grady Carlton Golden
January 1, 1940 — April 9, 2023
Memorial Service: Friday, April 14, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Shreveport, 500 Common Street, Shreveport.

Mary Grogan
October 10, 1926 — April 5, 2023
Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Aulds Funeral Home, 7849 East Kings Highway, Shreveport.

Cheryl Wallace Miller
December 19, 1960 — April 5, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall Street, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall Street, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Forest Park East Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport.

Robert Allen
August 8, 1940 — April 3, 2023
Family Hour: Friday, April 14, 2023, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Baptist Temple Baptist Church, 5024 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
Celebration of Life: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Greater New Zion Baptist Church, 421 Oak Ridge Drive, Benton.

Dorothy Marie Cosier
August 21, 1929 — March 29, 2023
Visitation: Saturday, May 6, 2023, 1:30-2:00 p.m. at Cypress Baptist Church, Benton.
Funeral Service: Saturday, May 6, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Cypress Baptist Church, Benton.

Robert Charles Harris, Jr.
June 1, 1957 — April 4, 2023
Memorial Service: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Avenue, Shreveport.

Sarepta Sue Ruth Randolph
December 24, 1950 — March 26, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Drive, Shreveport.
Funeral Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Drive, Shreveport.
Interment: Saturday, April 15, 2023, following service at Mitchell Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Mitchell.

James C. ‘Jimmy’ Zachary
April 26, 1953 — March 24, 2023
Visitation: Friday, April 14, 2023, 10:00-11:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 405 E. 5th Street, Homer.
Memorial Service: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 405 E. 5th Street, Homer.

Barbara Kay Miller
September 26, 1949 — March 18, 2023
Graveside Service: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Falcon Cemetery, Nevada County, Ark.

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.

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