Obituaries

Dr. Louis  Robert  Bedell

Dr. Louis Robert Bedell

Oct 31, 2019

Dr. Louis Robert Bedell passed away on October 31, 2019. Louis was born in Niagara Falls, New York, on November 14, 1939. He received his Bachelor of Science from Auburn University and his Masters and PhD in Physics from Brown University. He moved to Monroe in 1970 to teach Physics at The University of Louisiana Monroe. He married Rosemary in...

Dorothy Walters

Dorothy Walters

Oct 29, 2019

Dorothy Walters Funeral Services for Mrs. Dorothy Walters, 91, of the Hebert Community, will be 11:00 AM Monday, November 4, 2019, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, with Rev. Ricky Baker officiating and the eulogy to be given by the niece, Laura Mills Naiser. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe. Arrangements are...

John M. "Johnnie" Wright, Jr.

John M. "Johnnie" Wright, Jr.

Oct 29, 2019

Funeral Services for John M. “Johnnie” Wright, Jr., 79, of Sterlington, LA, will be held at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, October 31, 2019, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe with Rev. Jimmy Pitson officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Calhoun, LA. Mr. Wright was born January 1, 1940, and passed away October 29, 2019....

Barbara  T. Dean

Barbara T. Dean

Oct 28, 2019

Graveside services for Barbara Nell Thompson Dean, 82, of Monroe, will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Betty Swanson officiating with arrangements by Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe. Mrs. Dean was born June 11, 1937 in Wilmot, Arkansas. She passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019. She was a member...

Lola Winifred Ellis

Lola Winifred Ellis

Oct 27, 2019

Funeral services for Lola Winifred Ellis, 96, of Monroe, LA, will be at 2:00PM Friday, November 1, 2019, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe with Rev. Michael Woods officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 Noon until service time Friday at Mulhearn Funeral Home. Mrs. Eillis was born on October 16,...

Emily E Williamson

Emily E Williamson

Oct 27, 2019

A Celebration of the Life for Mrs. Emily E. Williamson, 54, of Monroe, LA, will be 12:00 PM Saturday, November 2, 2019, at Lakeshore Baptist Church, with Rev. William Smith officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA. Mrs. Emily Williamson was born September 21, 1965 and went to be with her Lord and...

Clarissa June Holmes

Clarissa June Holmes

Oct 26, 2019

Clarissa June Sherrouse Holmes, or as she was affectionately known by many as “Junie,” departed this life on October 26, 2019. Junie was born on June 13, 1928 in Natchez, MS, to Charles Benjamin and Clarissa Butler Sherrouse. She grew up in Gilbert, LA until the age of 12 when a fire destroyed their family home and they relocated to...

Dr. Dwight Delbert "Del" Vines

Dr. Dwight Delbert "Del" Vines

Oct 25, 2019

Funeral Services for Dr. Dwight Delbert “Del” Vines, 88, of Calhoun, LA, will be held at 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Calhoun, LA, with Rev. Neil Everett officiating. Interment will follow in Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Dwight Delbert Vines was born September...

Iona Allen Storms

Iona Allen Storms

Oct 25, 2019

Iona Allen Storms Funeral Service for Mrs. Iona Allen Storms, 94, of Monroe, LA, will be 11:30 AM Friday, November 1, 2019, at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Brian Mercer officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Storms was born May 13, 1925, in Booker, Texas, and passed away at St. Joseph Nursing Home...

Peggy  Gunther Shaw

Peggy Gunther Shaw

Oct 25, 2019

Funeral services for Peggy Gunther Shaw, 79, of Monroe, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, October 27, 2019, at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, with Dr. Kyle Barlow, Sonya Patterson, and Chris Covington officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Peggy Gunther Shaw was born October...

Cynthia  “Cindy” June Brown

Cynthia “Cindy” June Brown

Oct 24, 2019

Cynthia June Brown, 60, went to be with the Lord on October 24, 2019. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina on June 1, 1959, to Ivan Oliver and Barbara Allaire Thurston Brown. Ivan was in the Air Force, and from 1960 to 1974 they lived in the Azores, Portugal; Tacoma, Washington; Lubbock, Texas; and Altus, Oklahoma. Upon his retirement,...

Bryan  Benjamin Hixon

Bryan Benjamin Hixon

Oct 24, 2019

Bryan Benjamin Hixon, 59, of Ruston, LA, died October 24, 2019, after a short illness. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 16, at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe, LA. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the service begins. Burial will be in Gwin Cemetery, Mangham, LA, later that day. Bryan was born in Rayville,...

Margaret Hunter  Scott Hayes

Margaret Hunter Scott Hayes

Oct 24, 2019

Funeral services for Margaret Hunter Scott Hayes, 82, of Monroe, will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at First United Methodist Church, Monroe with Rev. Shawn Hornsby officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM Monday, October 28, 2019 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Mrs. Hayes was born...

Connie  Walker  Ward

Connie Walker Ward

Oct 23, 2019

Visitation for Connie Walker Ward will be held from 12:00 PM (noon) to 2:00 PM Sunday, October 27, 2019, at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe, LA, with a Graveside Service at 3:00 PM at the Mt. Patrick Church Cemetery in Bernice, LA, officiated by Micheal McIntosh. Connie Walker Ward was born April 24, 1956, in Monroe, LA, and passed away at...

Dorothy  Soignier

Dorothy Soignier

Oct 22, 2019

Dorothy Soignier Funeral Mass for Mrs. Dorothy Soignier, 89, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, October 25, 2019, at St. Paschal Catholic Church, West Monroe with Rev. Frank Coens officiating. Interment will follow in St. Paschal Catholic Church Cemetery in West Monroe, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Mrs. Soignier was...

Virginia  Kenley Durrett

Virginia Kenley Durrett

Oct 20, 2019

Graveside services for Virginia Kenley Durrett, 88, will be at 2:00 PM., Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Riverview Cemetery in Monroe, LA, with The Rev. Bill Echols officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until 1:30 PM, Saturday, at the funeral home. She was born in Marion, LA to parents, Herman and...

Joseph  Gerome “Geri”  Patterson

Joseph Gerome “Geri” Patterson

Oct 19, 2019

Joseph Gerome “Geri” Patterson, a lifetime resident of Monroe, passed away at the age of 62 during recovery from a stroke on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Avalon Nursing Home. He is survived by his siblings, “Generation One”, Mike Patterson, the Rev. Jo Anne Patterson Popham, Zonnie Patterson Back, Eddie Patterson and their spouses Mary, Fr. Jim, Jon, and Martha....

Maggie Lola May

Maggie Lola May

Oct 19, 2019

Graveside Services for Maggie Lola May, 89, of Oak Grove, LA will be held at 10:00AM Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at the Lord’s Campfire Cemetery, West Monroe with Bro. John Martin Williams officiating under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. Maggie was born on December 11, 1929 in Pontotoc, MS and passed away on October 19, 2019 in...

Pearl Hill McLemore

Pearl Hill McLemore

Oct 19, 2019

Mrs. Pearl Hill McLemore,90, of West Monroe, Louisiana, passed from this life on October 19, 2019. She was born January 29, 1929 in Alba Texas, to her parents, Novie and Cecil Doyle Hill. Mrs. Pearl was a secretary and a housewife and loved her family dearly. She was a member of McGuire Methodist Church in West Monroe and served as...

Willie Leo Pitman

Willie Leo Pitman

Oct 19, 2019

Funeral Services for Mr. Willie Leo Pitman, 93 of Winnsboro, LA will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Temple Baptist Church in Winnsboro, LA with Bro. David Shirley, Bro. Benton Moore, and J. L. Pitman, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Lone Cedar Baptist Church Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Visitation will...