Mary Alice Shows Dettenheim
October 25, 2025
Mary Alice Dettenheim, age 85, found eternal peace on Saturday, October 25, 2025, surrounded by members of her loving family.
Born on November 17, 1939, in Jonesboro, Louisiana, to Florice and Eva Shows, Mary grew up close to her family, spending countless joyful days playing with her cousins and friends. From the moment she arrived, she was a ray of sunshine,...
Billie Yvonne Burden
October 25, 2025
Funeral services for Billie Yvonne Burden, 81, will be held on Friday, October 31, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Pendleton Assembly of God, 14152 Texas Hwy, Many, Louisiana. A burial will follow the service at Pendleton Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Pendleton Assembly of God from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Officiating...
Terry Lynn Mastny
October 24, 2025
A funeral service for Terry Lynn Mastny, 68, will be held on Friday, October 31, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church, 3200 Airline Dr., Bossier City, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Arlington Cemetery in Homer, Louisiana. A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 30, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201...
Jerry Earl Hughes
October 24, 2025
Jerry Earl Hughes, 81, of McCalla, Alabama, passed away on October 24, 2025. He was born on July 20, 1944, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Jerry was a devoted husband to Katherine Honeycutt Hughes and a loving father to son, Jeffrey Todd Hughes, and grandfather to Micah Hughes and Allie Hughes.
Jerry grew up and lived most of his life in Shreveport. He...
Larry E. Howard
October 25, 2025
A “Celebration of Life” Service for Larry E. Howard, 87, will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Ellerbe Road Methodist Church, 10130 Ellerbe Church Rd., Shreveport, LA. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Officiating the service will be Rev. John Korlaske.Larry was born in Paintsville, Kentucky to Dolpha...
Helen Kay Smiddy
October 24, 2025
Family and friends will gather on Saturday, November 1, 2025, to celebrate the life of Helen Kay Boyd Smiddy at Rose-Neath in Arcadia, Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 10:00am until service time at 11:00am. Burial will follow at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
Those who knew and loved her called her “Kay Kay.” Kay Kay loved life, children, animals of all kinds,...
Lenora Mae Henning
October 10, 2025
A memorial service for Lenora Mae Henning, 92, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Dr., Bossier City, Louisiana.
Lenora passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025, in Elm Grove, Louisiana. She was born in Marysville, Kansas, on November 29, 1932, to Kenneth Scheibe and Elnora Farrell. She resided in Elm...
Timothy Craig Jones
October 21, 2025
A Memorial Service for Timothy Craig Jones, 64, will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Officiating will be Jim Lindsey.Tim was born December 11, 1960 in Shreveport, Louisiana to James Henry Jones and...
Bert Arthur Winkler Jr.
October 17, 2025
Bert Winkler, Jr., aka "Ju Ju," 62, went home to be with our Lord on the morning of October 17, 2025 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He had many health struggles over the last four years and was secure in his faith and was at peace with going home in be forever with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Bert was born on...
Frances Joyner
October 29, 2025
Services honoring the life of Mrs. Frances Nelson Joyner will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Arcadia. Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. prior to service on Sunday. The burial will follow at Mt. Mariah Cemetery.
Full obituary to be posted soon.
Shirley Ruth Lubeck Posey
October 25, 2025
A funeral service for Shirley Ruth Lubeck Posey, 84, will be held on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Bellaire Baptist Church, 1210 Bellaire Blvd., Bossier City, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Springville Cemetery in Coushatta, Louisiana. A visitation will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201...
Daniel Talmadge Saxon, Sgt. First Class Ret.
October 26, 2025
Funeral services for Daniel Talmadge Saxon, Sgt. First Class Ret., 88, will be held on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church, 8924 Jewella Ave., Shreveport, Louisiana. Burial will follow at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery at 11:30 a.m., 7970 Mike Clark Rd. in Keithville, Louisiana. A visitation will be held on Sunday, November 2,...
Claude Douglas Brewer
October 29, 2025
Services honoring the life of Mr. Claude Douglas Brewer will be held on Monday, November 3, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Quitman, Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. prior to the service. The burial will follow at Union Baptist Cemetery.
A full obituary will be posted soon.
Richard Alvin Porter
October 9, 2025
Richard Alvin Porter was born in Mansfield, Louisiana on October 16, 1950, to Wade Alvin Porter Jr. and Billye Sue Belk Porter. His arrival had an added surprise, a twin brother by the name of Russell Ray Porter.
Alvin, aka “Big Al,” “Big Al from Kingwood, Birdie Machine, husband, daddy, “Biggie”, Diddly, Brother, and friend was a man know for his...
Coleen Lavern Justiss
October 17, 2025
Coleen Lavern Justiss, 90, of Greenwood, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2025. She was born on April 8, 1935, in El Dorado, Arkansas, and lived a full and spirited life surrounded by family, love, and laughter.
Coleen was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She was preceded in death by her spouse David M. Justiss, Jr.;...
Dennis K. Beckman
September 25, 2025
Dennis K. Beckman passed away peacefully at home under hospice and his sister Deb’s care in Shreveport, Louisiana on September 25, 2025 after 82 years of adventure here on Earth. Even during 3 years of living with bone cancer, he never gave up on finding joy and living life to the fullest.
Dennis was born October 11, 1942 in Lafayette, Louisiana...
John Lucas Cocchiara
September 28, 2025
John Lucas Cocchiara died peacefully on September 28, 2025, at 86 years old. He was born on September 16, 1939, in New Orleans and was raised there by his parents Joseph and Rose DiLeo Cocchiara. He attended Tulane University and Tulane University School of Medicine. He married Bonnie Sue Harris in 1960.
John started his medical practice as a general surgeon...
Charles and Ann Davis
September 27, 2025
Ann Nakayama Davis, age 95, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. Ann was preceded in death by her parents, John K. and Tome M. Nakayama, and her seven siblings and their spouses.
Ann was born on June 22, 1930, in Doña Ana, New Mexico, and moved to central Louisiana in 1947, where she spent the next 75...
Sara Ann Nelson Ramsey
October 28, 2025
Funeral services celebrating the life of Sara Ann Nelson Ramsey will be held Friday, October 31, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Bistineau Baptist Church in Heflin, Louisiana with Bro. Scott Carter officiating. Interment will follow at Bistineau Cemetery in Heflin. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2025, at Rose Neath Funeral Home in...