Cecilia Lee Bland passed from this life at 3:18 pm on July 17, 2025, at the age of 81 while living in Albuquerque, NM.
Born February 28, 1944, in Norfolk, Virginia, parents were Cecil Emmett Bland, Jr., and Nannie Omega McKinney Bland. In 1944, Cecil was in the Army training in Pennsylvania and Nan was living there, too. When Nannie got...
Graveside services for Gayle Latham LeGier Smith will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Forest Park West Cemetery, 4000 Meriwether Rd., Shreveport, Louisiana. A visitation will be held on the same day from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr. in Shreveport. Officiating the service will be Brother Mike Russel.
Gayle...
A graveside service celebrating the life of Gloria J. McCutcheon will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2025 at Bethel Cemetery in the Bethel Community, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Brett Raab. The family will receive family and friends at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk Street Mansfield, Louisiana from 10:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Gloria was born...
Alan Dale “Poppa” Lee was born on July 30, 1953, in Minden, Louisiana and entered into his heavenly home on October 19, 2025, at the young age of 72, surrounded by his wife and children.
Alan is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Marcia Spillers Lee; his children and their spouses, Greg and Angel Lee of Minden, Gretchan and...
Joseph Michael “Mike” Smoak was a man who loved God, his family and his country.He passed away in the morning hours of October 21, 2025. Mike was known for his generosity, doing random acts of kindness for others, and was a man whose handshake never met a stranger. The oldest of seven children, Mike was born in Charleston, SC on June...
A memorial celebration will be held for Mr. Thomas “Tommy” William Nelson on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Homer with Bro. Stephen Beard officiating. A visitation will be held from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. prior to the service.
Tommy was born on December 6, 1955, in Bernice, Louisiana to Clarence W. Nelson, Jr. and...
Funeral services for George “Mike” Michael Kelley, 77, will be held on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Keithville, 6295 Williams Rd., Keithville, Louisiana. Burial will follow at First Baptist Keithville Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport,...
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...
Funeral services will be held for Mr. Vernon Darrell James, age 98, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 405 E. 5th Street in Homer, LA, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., with Rev. Steve Fowler, officiating. Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery, Homer, LA. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9-10 a.m., prior to the service.
Vernon James left...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
Germaine was born in Peterborough, N.H. on October 9, 1940, the third daughter of Leonard and Lily Wolfenden. The family included her three sisters, Lily, Jessie and Dorothy and moved to South Danbury, N.H. in 1951. She attended Andover High School from 1955 to 1957 where she met James but never dated. She graduated in 1958 from Concord High School.
She...
A memorial service for Jimmy Ray Protho, 72, will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Dr., Bossier City, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Officiating the service will be Reverend Andrew Brewster.
Jimmy was born on October 6, 1953, to Harold Eugene...