Notice of Death – February 26, 2026

Betty Carolyn Gaskin Taylor
Service: March 7, 2026 at 3 pm at Good Hope Baptist Church in Anacoco

Joseph Michael “Mike” Johnson
Arrangments TBA

Ruth Amelia Lafoe
Service: Monday, March 2 at 12 pm at Labby Memorial Funeral Home

Robert Irving Sills
Cremation arrangements are being handled by Kilpatrick Funeral Homes, West Monroe

Ronnie Ray Addison Sr.
Service: Friday, February 27, 2026, at 5:00 at Jeane’s Funeral Service in Leesville

David Anding
Service: Friday, February 27, 2026 at 1 pm at Marlow Baptist Church, Pitkin

Pauline Ware Coker
Service: Friday, February 27, 2026 at 10 am in the Chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale

Jerry Green
Service: Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 12:00 P.M. at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville

Idell Hunter
Service: Friday, February 27 at 10 am at Good Hope Baptist Church in Anacoco

Lila Kathleen Chance
Service: Sunday, March 1 @ 2 pm at the Vernon Council on Aging 

Charles A. Johnson
Service: Friday, February 27, 2026 at 2 pm at Christ Church of Oakdale

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