December 31, 2004 Obituaries from The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Ethel Mitchell Alston
Ethel Mitchell Alston, 81, of DeQuincy, a retired telephone operator with Southwestern Bell, died Wednesday.
Graveside service is at New Forest Cemetery, Forest, La.
Arrangements under the direction of Hixson-Snider Funeral Home, DeQuincy, LA.
Minnie B. Asberry
Minnie B. Asberry, 86, of Rayville, a homemaker, died Tuesday.
Funeral at Macedonia Baptist Church, Rayville, LA.
Burial at Royal Blue Cemetery, Rayville, LA, under direction of Hester Central State Funeral Home, Monroe, LA.
Jimmy Buckalew
Jimmy Buckalew, 65, of Kelly, retired from U.S. Navy, died Thursday.
Arrangements under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA.
Hattie Chase
Hattie Chase, 80, of Lake Providence, a homemaker, died Tuesday.
Funeral at St. Mary Baptist Church, Lake Providence.
Burial under the direction of Brannum Funeral Home, at Gaither Memorial Cemetery.
Jessie Lee Frost
Jessie Lee Frost, 87, of Ruston, a retired custodian at Grambling State University, died Tuesday.
Funeral at Mount Olive Baptist Church, Grambling, LA.
Burial at Grambling Memorial Gardens, under direction of King Funeral Home, Grambling, LA.
Mary Thornhill Knox
Mary Thornhill Knox, 98, formerly of Huttig, AR, and of Monroe, a homemaker, died Thursday.
Funeral under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington, LA.
Burial in Harper Springs Cemetery, Huttig, AR.
Rudolph Lee
Rudolph Lee, 81, of Ruston, a retired line worker with General Motors, died Dec. 21.
Memorial service at King Funeral Home chapel, Ruston.
Burial at Mays Chapel Cemetery.
Lawrence A. Matthews
Lawrence A. Matthews, 74, of Winnsboro, died Wednesday.
Arrangements under direction of Richardson Sims Funeral Home, Winnsboro, LA.
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Robert W. Sims
Robert W. Sims, 62, of West Monroe, a former football coach with the Monroe City Schools and the Ouachita Parish School system, died Thursday.
Arrangements under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
Ruby Smith
Ruby Smith, 94, of Baskin, a homemaker, died Wednesday.
The funeral is at Baskin Baptist Church.
Burial at Coax Cemetery, Baskin, under direction of Young's Community Memorial Funeral Home, Winnsboro, LA.
Velma Valorie Bullock
Velma Valorie Bullock, 85, of West Monroe, died Wednesday.
Graveside services at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
Nettie Kerrigan Temple
Nettie Kerrigan Temple, 67, of Urania, a homemaker, died Wednesday at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe.
Funeral at Tullos United Pentecostal Church in Tullos, and burial in Urania Cemetery, under the direction of Riser Funeral Homes of Olla, LA.
Ora Arrant Futch
Ora Arrant Futch, 91, of West Monroe, a homemaker, died December 29, 2004.
She was the last surviving child of Calvin P. Arrant and Florence Frances Hicks Arrant.
Graveside services at Liberty Grove Church Cemetery, West Monroe, LA, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
