This external collection contains obituary and death notice records from newspapers published in the Monroe City area in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. Records date from 1825 onwards and typically include the name of the deceased, the name of the newspaper where the original obituary or death notice was published, date of publication, and the page and column number where the obituary is located in the original title.
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January 11, 2005 Obituaries from The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Jeffrey Andrew Allen
Jeffrey Andrew Allen, 34, of Westlake, a mortgage account specialist at Chase Manhattan, died Thursday. Memorial service at First United Methodist Church Contemporary Worship Center, Lake Charles LA under direction of Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home, Sulphur LA.
Ben Carroll, Jr.
Ben Carroll, Jr., 84, of Vidalia, a petroleum engineer and owner of Carroll Oil and Gas Production Company, died Sunday. Memorial Service at Sycamore Baptist Church, under direction of Young's Funeral Home, Vidalia, LA.
Ellen B. Chew
Ellen B. Chew, 90, of Ruston, a homemaker, died Sunday.
Funeral at Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, Ruston with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Ruston, LA.
Rebecca Weems Clark
Rebecca Weems Clark, 62, of West Monroe, a secretary, died Saturday.
Funeral at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, West Monroe, LA, with burial at Mulhearn Memorial Park.
Ben Cunningham
Ben Cunningham, 73, of Winnsboro, a retired truck driver, died Sunday.
Funeral at Gill First National Funeral Home chapel, Winnsboro, LA, with burial at Coax Cemetery near Winnsboro, LA.
Wanda Odom Hayes
Wanda Odom Hayes, 69, of Farmerville, retired from LSU Ag Center and Union Community Action, died Saturday.
Funeral at First Assembly of God church, Farmerville, LA, with burial in Liberty Hill Taylor Cemetery, Farmerville, under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home, Farmerville, LA.
Beth Irving
Beth Irving, 71, of West Monroe, a homemaker, died Saturday.
Funeral at Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel, West Monroe, LA.
John Jenkins
John Jenkins, 82, of Dubach, a retired laborer with Lincoln Parish Highway Department, died Friday.
Funeral at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Unionville, with burial in the church cemetery, under the direction of King Funeral Home, Ruston, LA.
Carol Keshner
Carol Keshner, 64, of Downsville, an educational instructor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, died Sunday.
Graveside service at Twin cities Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
Eddie Lee McElroy
Eddie Lee McElroy, 80, of Monroe, military, died Friday.
Funeral is at Bethel Church of God in Christ, Monroe, under the direction of Miller Funeral Home.
Burial at J.S. Clark Cemetery.
Patsy Ruth Sabo
Patsy Ruth Sabo, 70, of Jonesboro, died Saturday.
Funeral at Southern Funeral Home, Jonesboro, with burial in Garden of Memories.
Teresa S. Stafford
Teresa S. Stafford, 48, of Jonesville, a McRae's employee, died Sunday.
Funeral at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Jonesville, LA, with burial at Heard Cemetery, under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, Jonesville.
Christine Taylor
Christine Taylor, 91, of Ferriday, died Monday.
Arrangements by Young's Funeral Home, Ferriday, LA.
Doris Speights Trisler
Doris Speights Trisler, 78, of Jonesville, LA, a homemaker, died Sunday.
Funeral at First Baptist Church, Jonesville, with burial at Palo Alto Cemetery, under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, Jonesville.
Glenn "Buddy" Wilbanks
Glenn "Buddy" Wilbanks, 70, of Monroe, a retired retail owner, died Monday.
Funeral at Kilpatricks Funeral Home chapel, Monroe, with burial at Monroe Memorial Park.
Robert Lloyd Cone
Robert Lloyd Cone, 77, of Quitman, a retired banker for twenty years, died Friday in San Antonio, TX.
Mr. Cone had resided in Floresville, TX, for the past two years.
Funeral at Edmonds Funeral Home with interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Choudrant, LA, under direction of Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro, LA.
Joe Eleanor Thompson Benton
Joe Eleanor Thompson Benton, 79, of Bastrop, died in Bastrop, on January 9, 2005.
Services at the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, with interment in Riverview Cemetery.
Janice Lou Shows Hilburn
Janice Lou Shows Hilburn, died on January 10, 2005.
Services at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA, with interment at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery.
David Charles Elliott, Sr.
Mulhearn Funeral Home - Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA
Services for Mr. David Charles Elliott, Sr., 81, of Monroe, will be Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 2:00 PM, at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 3400 Forsythe Ave., Monroe, LA, with Rev. David Carter and Dr. John Tate officiating. Interment will be in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery.
David Elliott was born April 7, 1923, in Webb City, MO. He passed away January 9, 2005, at St. Francis Medical Center.
Mr. Elliott was an Elder Emeritus of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he was a member of Graham Surghnor Masonic Lodge #383, and he was also a member of the Order of the Arrow of the Boy Scouts. Mr. Elliott also was a World War II veteran with the 15th Air Force. Mr. Elliott was owner and operator of his own business, Elliott Scale Co.
He is survived by his wife, Norma Elliott; their five children, Charlie Elliott and his wife Jackie, Cheryl Roach, Janet Williams and her husband Jim all of Monroe, LA; Thom Elliott of New Orleans, LA; and Phillip Elliott of Scituate, Mass. He is also survived by twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Billy Fleming, Charles Sanders, Jimmy Hickey, John Tremaine, Eddie Barnes, and Jim Padgett. Honorary pallbearers will be Elders and Deacons of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Eddie Wooten, Johnny Willard, and Paul Huntsman. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at the First Christian Church, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) music fund.
Masonic rights will be conducted at the gravesite.
Originally published January 11, 2005
Corrine Warner McHardy
Riser Funeral Home - Columbia, LA
Services for Corrinne Warner McHardy of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 11, 2005 from the First United Methodist Church in Columbia with Rev. Pam Roy officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery.
Mrs. McHardy was born in 1905 on Christmas Day and died on January 8, 2005 in Plano, Texas, where she had lived for the past year and a half. She graduated from high school in Pollock, Louisiana, and attended college in Sherman, Texas, at Kidd Key Women's College. She received her degree after a career as director of the Welfare Department in Caldwell Parish. At that time, she began her next career as a first-grade teacher with the Caldwell Parish Schools.
She is remembered by many past and present Caldwell Parish residents as their favorite teacher, who instilled in them a love of learning. In 1963, she retired from teaching and moved to Alice, Texas, for a year, where she indulged her passion for art and painting by returning to college for classes at Texas A and I. She also took private art classes and was a member of several groups that went to various picturesque spots in the hill country of Texas, to paint.
In 1964, she returned to Caldwell Parish, to live but embarked on her next career as a Disaster Worker for the American Red Cross. For the next ten years, she was available to go wherever she was needed when disaster struck. Those that she assisted and those she worked with through the Red Cross were very appreciative of her empathy and expertise.
Mrs. McHardy was an active participant in her community, wherever she was. In Columbia, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church and its Service Guild.
She was a charter member of the Garden Club, belonged to several bridge clubs, and was a member, and held several offices in Delta Kappa Gamma.
During the last year and half of her life she lived at The Waterford in Plano, Texas, and was well-known there for her friendliness and kindness to all. Her hobbies included a lifelong love of travel, learning, art, and bridge.
She was a modern southern lady and in many ways ahead of her time. Although she had no children of her own, she had many children including her nieces and nephews and their families and her students, many of whom still keep in touch and visit.
She was preceded in death by her parents: J.N. and Sally Torry Warner, her husband: Norman A. McHardy and her brother: A.B. "Bo" Warner all of Columbia. Also preceding her, were a brother: Kirk Warner and his wife: Amanda of Wisner and a brother: George Warner and his wife: Louise "Boots" of Lake Charles.
She is survived by her sister-in-law: Louise Sowers Warner, her niece: Betty Warner Hopper and her husband: Ray of Plano, Texas. Also her nieces: Jane Warner Brown of Shreveport, Mary Warner Vizzier and her husband: Darwin of Alexandria, Sarah Warner of Houston, Texas, Susan W. Lyssey of Houston, Texas, and Kerry Warner Morgan of Humble, Texas, Also two nephews: Ken Warner and his wife: Cathy of Coppell, Texas, and Kirk Warner of Breaux Bridge, LA. She has a host of great-nieces and nephews, as well as their children who will miss her very much.
Pallbearers will be Dr. E.D. Coates, Ed Rowan, Darwin Vizzier, Alan Hopper, Ken Warner and Kirk Warner.
Honorary pallbearers are Jim Turner, James Hopper, E.L. Richard, Johnny James and Uriah Youngblood.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, the Red Cross or the First United Methodist Church in Columbia.
Visitation will be at the church from 1:00 PM until time of services.
Originally published January 11, 2005
Brandon Salvadore Filardo
Chauvin Funeral Home - Houma, LA
Brandon Salvadore Filardo, Jr., on Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 8:25 AM. Son of Kenneth S. Filardo, Jr., and Lisa Duet Filardo of Calhoun, LA, brother of Ashley Lynn Filardo of Calhoun, LA, grandson of Charles "C.J." Duet, Jr., and Ellen Theriot Duet of Schriever, LA, Kenneth S. Filardo, Sr., and Mildred Naquin Filardo of Houma, LA, godson of Mona Duet Roberts and Joseph B. Roberts of Schriever, LA.
He was preceded in death by his aunt Celeste Mary Duet.
Also survived by aunt: Joni Filardo Green, uncle: Jonathan D. Filardo, cousins: Celeste M. Roberts, Kristen L. Roberts, Anne M. Roberts, Anne M. Roberts, Jaimie L. Jarboe, Samuel T. Filardo, and Leonardo W. Filardo.
Age 13 years, a native of Houma, LA, and a resident of Calhoun, LA.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 11:00 AM at St. Bridget Catholic Church, 100 Hwy 311, Schriever, LA, with interment at St. Bridget Catholic Church from 9:00 AM until funeral time. Arrangements by Chauvin Funeral Home, Inc., 5899 Hwy 311, Houma, LA. 70360.
Originally published January 11, 2005
