A Memorial Service for Susan “Sue” Elizabeth Schloss, 84, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 20, 2025 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall St., Shreveport, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until time of service. Officiating the service will be Reverend Barbara Jarrell.
Sue was born on June 25, 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio to Bill...
Thomas Julian Bell, from Shreveport, LA, was born on June 14, 1942, and went to be with his Lord and Savior on October 5, 2025, at the age of 83. If you ever spent a day with Thomas, you’d quickly learn a few things about him; he loved his family, the Lord, his land, his airplanes, and he loved the...
Rev. J.D. Brown, 78, of Hornbeck, Louisiana, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 in Many, Louisiana. J.D. was born on February 27, 1947 in Many, Louisiana. Services will be held on Friday, October 10, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Prewitt’s Chapel Baptist Church, 383 Prewitt’s Chapel Rd., Hornbeck, Louisiana. A burial in Prewitt’s Chapel...
Louie Max Greene was born October 11, 1926. Mr. Greene was 98 years old and missed becoming 99 by only 6 days. Mr. Greene went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, October 5, 2025. Mr. Greene is survived by his son, Ed Greene and Vickie Houser of Bandera, Tx. Grandsons Brad Greene and Jared Greene...
Graveside service celebrating the life of Elvie Ruth Bufkin, 95, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2025, at Wallace Cemetery with Bro. Tommy McMellon officiating. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2025, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk St., Mansfield, Louisiana.
Elvie was born on April 18, 1930, in Kingston,...
“to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” 2 Corinthians 5:8
Carole Waurynne Hurley Neely stepped from this earth and into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 5, 2025, at 6:00 a.m. Carole was born on February 12, 1934, in Minden, LA to the late Alwyn Doyle Hurley and Dorothy Lee...
It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Brian Truett Yates, born November 23, 1984, and taken from us far too soon on August 10, 2025.
Brian had a gift. He was fun, quick-witted, and always ready with a smile or a joke. You never had to wonder if he was happy to see you—his laughter and smile...
Alice Christine Henderson Sistrunk, a lifelong resident of Shreveport, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2025, at the age of 89. She was born on April 25, 1936, in Shreveport to Arch Cates Henderson and Lois Turner Henderson.
Alice grew up in Converse, Louisiana, and graduated from El Dorado High School. She loved flowers, gardening, and cooking, and was especially...
Claudia Toinette Sewell, lovingly known to all as “Toni,” passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the age of 78.
Toni dedicated her life to service, working for many years as a case manager for the Louisiana court system, where she advocated for often helpless children and helped families rebuild and reclaim their lives. Her work was not just...
Funeral services for Charles "Cowboy" Hall, 88, will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church, 10043 Hwy. 79, Bethany, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Spring Ridge, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until the time of service at the church. Officiating the service will be...
A Memorial Service celebrating the life of Marilyn Hooper Downs will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk St., Mansfield, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until time of service.
Marilyn was born to W.C. and Adell May Hooper on May 15, 1945 in Mansfield, Louisiana.
She was preceded in...
We remember with love the life of Jaylen Alyne Grimes, our Jaybird, a radiant and compassionate young lady who passed away on September 28, 2025, at the age of 17. Though her time with us was far too short, Jaylen was full of love, creativity and passion which was seen and felt by all who met her.
Jaylen was born on...
Ryone Marrie Palmer, 83, was born on July 31, 1942 to Ira Devalcourt and Grace Thibodeaux Devalcourt in Sunset, Louisiana and passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2025 in Shreveport, Louisiana. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Souled Out For Christ at 2:00 p.m. Officiating the service will be Brother Leon Manshack.
Ryone, affectionately known...
Athlyn Thigpen Boswell passed away at her home in Shreveport, Louisiana on Friday, September 12, 2025, at the age of 101 years, 6 months, and one day. She was the loving daughter of Julian Taylor and Mary Ricks Thigpen, born in Mansfield, Louisiana on February 11, 1924. Being the only child, she was the pride and joy of her parents.
Although...
Mamie Marie Griffin Roberts of Palestine, Texas, lived to the age of 90 years.Mamie was born in her Aunt Belle’s small four-room house, alongside a cotton field in the community of Flat Creek in Cass County, TX. She was the middle child of five, to parents Ruby “Hoss” and Lessie Griffin. The family lived in various locations in Texas as...
Funeral services for Patrick Mitchell Norris, 74, will be held on Monday, October 13, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport, Louisiana. Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Keithville, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Rev. Everett Aaron will...
A memorial service for Riley Miles Gilbert, III, 61, will be held on Monday, October 13, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Winner’s Circle Church, 8000 E. Texas St., Bossier City, Louisiana, at Louisiana Downs. Officiating the service will be Pastor Jimmy Sistrunk.
Miles was born on February 5, 1964, to Riley Miles Gilbert, Jr., and Dorothy Parish Gilbert in Washington, D.C.,...
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...
A funeral service for Earl Fitzgerald Lavalais, of Mansura, will begin at 11:00am on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Mansura. The visitation will begin at 8:00am until 10:30am on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at the Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Marksville. A rosary prayer service will be recited at 10:00am on...
Kathryn H. Hightower was born March 8, 1954 in Homer, LA to Billy D. and Geraldine “Gerry” Heres Hightower. She passed away in Homer on October 6, 2025 after an illness of several months.
Kathy often said she was born with printer’s ink in her veins instead of blood. Her grandparents J. P. and Katie Ware Hightower moved to Homer from...