Obituaries

Offie Fountain

Offie Fountain

Dec 14, 2012

Offie Fountain, 70, of Starks, LA passed from this life on Friday, December 14, 2012 at his home.  Offie was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Viet Nam.  He was a member of Calvary Apostolic Church in Starks and worked in the tug boat shipping industry.  He is survived by his brother, Gerald Fountain and...

Douglas Eugene Cooper

Douglas Eugene Cooper

Dec 12, 2012

Douglas Eugene Cooper, 87, of Merryville, Louisiana, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at his home. Mr. Cooper was a World War II Veteran. He worked as a pipefitter at PPG for 29 years. Douglas was a great Daddy and Papa.

Those left to cherish his memory are his...

Kathy Annette Dockery

Kathy Annette Dockery

Dec 10, 2012

Kathy Annette Dockery, 52, of DeRidder, Louisiana, passed from this life on Monday, December 10, 2012 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Lake Charles, LA.  Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Grady Dockery; sons, Grady Lewis Dockery, Jr. and Gary Don Dockery all of DeRidder, LA; mother, Betty Gill of DeRidder, LA; brothers, James Gill and...

Dorothy Eno

Dorothy Eno

Dec 9, 2012

Dorothy Eno, 63, of DeRidder, LA passed from this life on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at her home.  Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Clayton Author Hollenbeck; grandson, Samuel Joseph Brister; daughter-in-law, May B. Hollenbeck and partner, John Foshee all of DeRidder, LA.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Eno and parents,...

Huey P. White

Huey P. White

Dec 4, 2012

Huey P. White, 76, of Longville, LA, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in Lake Charles, LA.

Those left to cherish his memory are his daughters, Debra Brown of DeRidder, LA, Donna Davidson and husband David of DeRidder, LA and Melissa Spikes of Longville, LA; brothers, Jesse White and...

Freddie Brown

Freddie Brown

Dec 3, 2012

Freddie Brown, 56, of DeRidder, Louisiana passed from this life on Monday, December 3, 2012 at his home.

Those left to cherish his memory are his son, Chaddrick Mayes and wife Jena of DeRidder; parents, Earma and Effion Brown Sr. of DeRidder; brothers, Effion Brown Jr. of Newport News, Virginia, Albert Lee...

James Thomas Hennigan, Sr.

James Thomas Hennigan, Sr.

Dec 1, 2012

James Thomas Hennigan, Sr., 89, of DeRidder, Louisiana, passed from this life on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Those left to cherish his memory are his sons, Dr. James Thomas Hennigan Jr. and wife Deborah Anne and Robert Henry Hennigan and wife Diane all of DeRidder, Louisiana; daughters, Marilyn Hennigan Rudd, Sue Hennigan Leidig and husband David all of...

Ricky Myers

Ricky Myers

Nov 22, 2012

Ricky Myers, 62, of Orange, Texas, passed from this life on Thursday, November 22, 2012.

Those left to cherish his memory are his son, Scott Myers of Morgan City, LA; daughter, Tyra Clark of Morgan City, LA; mother, Lenora Myers of Starks, La; and brother, Randy Myers of Starks, LA.  He was...

Douglas Edward Clay

Douglas Edward Clay

Nov 20, 2012

Douglas Edward Clay, 50, of Leesville, Louisiana passed from this life on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. He was born on December 15, 1961 to the proud parents, Gloria Turner and Johnny Lemon.  He was a native of Houston, TX  and was a resident of Leesville, LA.  He attended Jack Yates High School in Houston, TX.  He met his...

Wanda Williams

Wanda Williams

Nov 19, 2012

Wanda Lou Williams, 78, of DeRidder, Louisiana, passed from this life on Monday, November 19, 2012. Wanda was very loving, kind and faithful. She loved God and her family and they always came first.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 58 years, Henry L. Williams; sons, Michael Williams...

Charles Monroe Swilley

Charles Monroe Swilley

Nov 18, 2012

Charles Monroe Swilley, 79, of Merryville, LA passed from this life on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.  He was born November 21, 1932.  He passed 3 days shy of his 80thbirthday.

Mr. Swilley was a Veteran of the Air Force serving during the Korean War.  He was a...

Robert Earl Burks

Robert Earl Burks

Nov 16, 2012

CSM (Retired) Robert Earl Burks, 76, passed from this life on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be Monday, November, 19, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00p.m. at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA.  Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:00p.m. also at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home.  Burial will...

Freddie Teston

Freddie Teston

Nov 16, 2012

Freddie Teston, 61, of DeRidder, Louisiana, passed from this life on Friday, November 16, 2012.

Those left to cherish his memory are his sons, Freddie Teston Jr. and wife Kathy and Eric Teston and wife Stephanie, all of Monroe, LA; daughters, Michelle Henderson of Monroe, LA, Bridget McCloud and husband Jessy of...

Amanda "Mandy" Lynn Jones

Amanda "Mandy" Lynn Jones

Nov 15, 2012

Amanda Lynn Jones, 36, of Merryville, Louisiana passed away on November 15, 2012, while vacationing with her family in Mena, Arkansas. Mandy was born in DeRidder, LA on October 14, 1976.

Those left to cherish her memory are her mother, Sheila Jones Langston of Merryville, LA; daughter, Riley Michelle Jones of Merryville,...

Verdman Bailey

Verdman Bailey

Nov 11, 2012

Verdman Bailey, 89, of Dry Creek, Louisiana passed from this life on Sunday, November 11, 2012 in Lake Charles, Louisiana . Mr. Bailey was a Master Mason . He was a hardworking man, wonderful husband and an awesome grandfather.  Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Anna Marie Bailey; sons, Terrell Bailey and wife Gaye of...

Henry "Jack" Salyer

Henry "Jack" Salyer

Nov 8, 2012

Henry (Jack) Salyer, 86, passed from this life on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at his home in Miramar Beach, Florida.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Bonnie Salyer; sons, James Edward Salyer and wife Sheila of Jackson, MS and Jack C. Salyer and wife Teresa of Dayton, TX; daughters,...

James C. Scott

James C. Scott

Nov 5, 2012

James C. Scott (64) died on November 5th, 2012 with family in DeRidder, Louisiana.  James Clide Scott was born on August 10, 1948 at Scott Settlement in Rosepine, Louisiana to Maranda (Lands) Scott and Central Scott and reared in DeRidder with his six brothers and sister.   James moved to California in the late 1960’s and worked for the...

Susan Weathers

Susan Weathers

Oct 28, 2012

Susan Weathers, 33, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, LA.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Derrick Weathers; daughters, Destiny and Desiree Weathers and Summer Jones; step-son, Derrick Lee Weathers all of DeRidder, LA; Brothers, Cedric Allen...

Patsy Ruth Giles

Patsy Ruth Giles

Oct 26, 2012

Patsy Ruth Giles, 67, of DeRidder, Louisiana, passed from this life on Friday, October 26, 2012.

Those left to cherish her memory are: sons: Robert Allen Giles, Sr. and Wife Toni of DeRidder, LA, Anthony Wayne Giles and Wife Janet of Merryville, LA; daughters: Carla Jeanette Slaydon and Husband Wayne Jr. of...

Robert Wilde, Jr.

Robert Wilde, Jr.

Oct 26, 2012

Robert Wilde, Jr. 68, of Merryville, Louisiana passed from this life on Friday, October  26, 2012.

Those left to cherish his memory are his mother, Mary Alice Wilde of Merryville, Louisiana and brothers, Ronald Lewis Wilde of Tuscon, Arizona and Randy Wilde of Merryville, Louisiana.

A...