Dave "LaLa" Ellis, 77
Dave "LaLa" Ellis of Monoe, a driver for a flower shop,died
Tuesday, January 20, 1998. Funeral: Saturday January 24,1998 at 1 p.m.
at the First Baptist Church. Burial: Magnolia Cemetery. Miller Funeral
Home.
Robert Ford, 43
Robert Ford of Monroe, a janitor, died Monday January
19, 1998. Funeral: Tuesday:February 27, 1998 at the Hester Central State
Funeral Chapel. Burial: Magnolia Cemetery. Miller Funeral Home.
Edna Jean Francis, 61
Edna Jean Francis, a social worker, died Tuesday. Funeral:
11 a.m. Saturday January 24, 1998 at the Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Burial:
Richwood Memorial Gardens. Miller Funeral Home.
Robert Benton Hayes, 83
Robert Benton Hayes, a service station attendant, died
Monday January 19, 1998. Funeral: Saturday January 24, 1998 at the graveside.
Buria Hall Cemetery in Richland Parish. Miller Funeral Home.
The Reverend Willie
Rankin, 82
The Reverend Willie Rankin, minister of the Orange Hill Baptist
Church in Start,died Wednesday January 21, 1998. Funeral: Sunday January
25, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. at the Orange Hill Baptist Church. Tennant Funeral
Home of Rayville.
Amy J. Reed
Funeral services for Amy J. Reed, a retired homemaker
will be held Saturday January 31, 1998 at 3:30 p.m. at the Tabernacle Baptist
Church in Monroe. She died Tuesday January 27, 1998. Miller Funeral Home.
She was prominent in Monroe religious circles. She was
a former instructor in the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education,
Dead of the B.B. and O. Association Congress of Christian Education, Minister
of Education at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, and a former religious writer
for the Monroe Free Press.
Virgie Turner, 52
Virgie Turner of Monroe, a homemaker, died Wednesday January
21, 1998. Funeral: January 28, 1998 at 1 p.m. at the Zion Springs Baptist
Church. Burial: Monroe City Cemetery. Tennant Funeral Home.
L.C.Webster, 57
L.C.Webster, a steel worker, formerly of Monroe residing in
Dallas died Thursday January 22, 1998 in Dallas. Smith Funeral Home.
Lynettea Williams, retired, a 1971 graduate of Neville High School in Monroe. Died Saturday January 24, 1998. Funeral: Sunday February 1, 1998 at 2 p.m. at the Miller Funeral Home Chapel.
John Wright, 72
John Wright, of Monroe, a supervisor, died Saturday January
17, 1998. Funeral: Saturday January 24, 1998 at 12 noon. Burial: Richwood
Memorial Gardens. Smith Funeral Home
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Allen, Herbert "Dancing Bear", 53
Herbert "Dancing Bear" Allen of Monroe, a construction worker, died Monday January 26, 1998. Funeral: January 31, 1998 at the Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. Smith Funeral Home.
Bartholemy, Lynette
Williams, 44
Lynette Williams Bartholemy, a respiratory therapist,
died Saturday January 24, 1998. Memorial Services Sunday, February 1, 1998
at the Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Private Burial.
Ada Lee Bursey, 74
Ada Lee Bursey of Monroe, a homemaker, died Friday January
23, 1998. Funeral: January 30, 1998 at Miller Funeral Home. Burial Magnolia
Cemetery.
Josephine Brass, 42
Josephine Brass of Monroe, a homemaker, died Wednesday
January 28, 1998. Funeral: Sunday February 1, 1998 at the Greater Free
Gift Baptist Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. McFarland Funeral
Home.
Daren J. Clark, infant
Daren J. Clark of Monroe,the infant son of LaShanda Doyle,died
Sunday, February 1, 1998. McFarland Funeral Home
O.C. Jackson, 73
O.C. Jackson of Monroe, a retired construction worker
died Monday January 26, 1998.McFarland Funeral Home.
Lorraine Williams of Monroe, a bus driver, died Wednesday January 28, 1998. Smith Funeral Home.
Victor McFarland, 15
Victor McFarland of Monroe, a student, died Wednesday
January 28, 1998. Funeral Saturday, February 7, 1998 at the Friendship
Baptist Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. Smith Funeral Home.
Floyd McGee of Monroe, a retired laborer, died Tuesday, January 27, 1998. Smith Funeral Home.
Clarence Menyweather, 80
Clarence Menyweather of Monroe, a cook, died Tuesday January
27, 1998. Funeral: Saturday, January 31, 1998 at the Macedonia Baptist
Church. Burial: Magnolia Cemetery. Hester Central State Funeral Home.
Johnnie Wade, 87
Johnnie Wade of Monroe,a laborer, died Wednesday January
28, 1998.Funeral: Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at the Smith Funeral Home
Chapel. Smith Funeral Home.
Birda White, 95
Birda White of Monroe, a homemaker, died Saturday, January
31, 1998. Funeral: Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at the Smith Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial: J.S. Clark Cemetery.
Percy Wonzo, 58
Percy Wonzo of Sterlington, a logger, died Friday January
30, 1998. Funeral: Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at the St. John Baptist
Church in Farmerville. Burial: St. John Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home.
Jeffery Young, 78
Jeffery Young, of Monroe, a Riverwood employee, died Sunday
January 25, 1998. Funeral: Saturday January 31, 1998 at the Bethel Baptist
Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. Miller Funeral Home.
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Frankie Adams, 40
Frankie Adams of Monroe, a laborer, died Monday February 2,
1998. Funeral: Friday, February 6, 1998 at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in
Chatham. Burial: Asberry Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home.
Tommie Bolden, 52
Tommie Bolden of Monroe, a laborer, died Tuesday February 3,
1998.Funeral: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at the Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Smith Funeral Home.
R.C. Coleman, 69
R.C. Coleman of Monroe, a foreman, died Saturday February
7, 1998: Smith Funeral Home
Isom Harris, 61
Isom Harrisof Monroe, retired from the Air Force, died Thursday,
February 5, 1998. Fueneral: Saturday, February 7, 1998 at the Allen Chapel
AME Church. Burial: Little Creek Cemetery, Archibald. Miller Funeral Home.
Lillie Holmes, 80
Lillie Holmes of Monroe, a homemaker, died Wednesday,
February 4, 1998. Funeral: Wednesday, February, 11, 1998. at the
Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Miller Funeral Home.
Emma Johnson, 80
Emma Johnson, formerly of Monroe, a housekeeper, died
Saturday, January, 31, 1998 in Denver Colorado. Funeral: Saturday, February
7, 1998 at the Good Hope Bapist Church. Miller Funeral Home.
Trent Kimpson, 26
Trent Kimpson of Monroe, a construction worker,died Thursday,
February, 5, 1998: Funeral: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 at the Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. Miller Funeral Home.
John King, 51
John King of Monroe, a plumber specialist, died Friday,
February 6, 1998. Funeral: Tuesday, February 11, 1998 at the Lone Wa Missionary
Baptist Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens.
Willie McClinton
Willie McClington, a veteran, died Sunday, February 8,
1998. Funeral: Friday, February 13, 1998 at 2:30 p.m. at the Tabernacle
Baptist Church. Miller Funeral Home.
Minnie "Sissy" Slack,72
Minnie "Sissy" Slack, a homemaker who was formerly from
Monroe, died Friday January 30, 1998 in Vallejo, California. Funeral: Monday,
February 9, 1998 at theUnion Valley Bapist Church. Burial:Richwood Memorial
Gardens. Miller Funeral Home.
Minnie "Sissy" Slack was born May 28, 1925 in Mangham,
La. to the late Dora Jones. Out of the family of six children, Mother Slack
was the youngest child. Mother Slack accepted Christ at an early age.
On January 27, 1940, Mother Slack was married to the late Revered
Rufus Slack, Sr. To that union ten children were born.
She united with the Baskin Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
in Baskin, La, where she served on the Mother's Board, Mission Circle and
served as Sunday School treasurer. After moving to Monroe, Louisiana, Mother
Slack united with the Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church on July
23, 1972 where she served on the Mission Circle and Deaconess Board.
She remained a loyal faithful member until she moved to Vallejo,
California in August of 1980.
Upon her arrival to Vallejo, Mother Slack joined Friendship
Missionary Baptist Church. She served as a Sunday School Teacher, a member
of the Naomi Missionary Circle, the Mothers board and the International
Association of Minister's Wives and Minster's Widows. She served faithfully
until her death.
Being a loving and caring mother, Mother Slack devoted
much of her time in volunteer work with the schools in the Monroe area.
She was a band mother at Richwood High School, an active member of the
PTA, and was a member of the School site selection committee. Mother Slack
was also an active participant in various school fund raising events.
Her joys in life were her family, which she loved dearly.
Her passion was her love for flowers and gardening.
She leaves to mourn: five sons: Reverend Rufus Slack,
Jr. and his wife Marie of Madison, Alabama, Daniel Otis Slack, Sr. and
his wife Haturia Jay of Kennasaw, Georgia, Mr. Tyrone Powell Slack of San
Bernardino, California, Mr. Jerry Louis Slack of Vallejo, California and
Mr. Timothy Rochell Slack and his wife Dietra of Castro Valley, California;
five daughters: Mrs. Vario Marie Spears and her husband George of Barstow,
California, Mrs. Hatress Virginia Harrison and her husband, Willie of Vallejo,
California, Mrs. Robin Denise Crittenden and her husband Harry of Suisun
City, California, and Mrs. Vickie Lynn Slack of Vallejo, California.
Olivia Starr, 63
Olivia Starr of Monroe, a retired cafeteria worker,died
Sunday, February 1, 1998. Funeral: Saturday, February 7, 1998 at the St.
Luke Baptist Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. Hester Central
State Funeral Home.
Martha Thompson, 35
Martha Thompson, a homemaker, formerly of Monroe, died
Saturday, January 31, 1998 in Dallas Texas. Funeral: Tuesday, February
10, 1998 at 1 p.m. at Smith Funeral Home chapel. Smith Funeral Home.
Dave Williams, 97
Dave Williams, a retired farmer, died Monday, February
2, 1998. Smith Funeral Home.
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Bennie Bolden, 65
Bennie Bolden of Monroe, a technician, died Thursday February
12, 1998. Funeral Tuesday, February 17, 1998 at the Bethel Baptist Church:
Burial: Magnolia Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home
Albert Hopkins, 81
Albert Hopkins of Monroe, a retired plumber, died Thursday,
February 12, 1998. Smith Funeral Home.
Jamien Artez Robinson, 6
Jamien (Jay) Artez Robinson, a student, died Friday, February
6, 1998. Funeral: Friday February 13, 1998 at 11:00 a.m.
He was born to Ronald Roberson and Marlena Robinson in
Monroe, Louisiana on February 13, 1992. He died on February 6, 1998 at
the Glenwood Regional Medical Center's Pediatrics I.C.U.
Jay's life was full of quality. He was brought up in the
church all his life. He was a active member of the young people's and childen's
division at Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church. He was a joyful song bird in the
Sunbeam and Youth choirs. He always memorized his poems and speeches. His
greates accomplishment was winning a trophy at church for reading the most
books during the summer vaction of 1997. He attended Sunday School. He
loved to attend prayer services and bible study with his T. Monica. Jay
was baptized in April 1997 at which time he experienced the joy and love
of God.
Jay atended Head Start, Martin Luther King Elementary
School and Martin Luther King Early Childhood Center. He received many
certificates.
Jay's smile, excitement, energy and voice will be greatly missed
by all.
His survivors include: his mother, Marlena Robinson of Monroe,
La; his father,Ronald Roberson of Dallas, Texas; one sister BreMeshia J'Nae
Robinson; one maternal grandfather, James A. Brown of Monroe, La; one paternal
grandmother, Glinda Roberson of Monroe, LA; one maternal great-grandmother,
Annie B. Robinson of Monroe, LA; one paternal great-grandmother, Lola B.
Robeson of Sterlington, LA; one maernal great-great grandmother, Maggie
Geams of Monroe, LA; six aunts, Faye R. Long of Huntsville, AL,Monica Robinson
of Monroe, La; Sharon Robinson of Palmdale, CA, Charlotte Taylor of Dallas,
TX, DaNita Jones and Wanda Wright, both of Monroe, LA; one uncle, Donnell
Taylor of Dallas, TX; 16 great aunts; six great uncles; two godmothers,
Monica Robinson and Patricia Reed of Arlington, TX; one godbrother, Antoine
Johnson, Jr; one godsister, Chastity Broughton and a host of relatives
and friends.
Cleieteen Williams, 67
Clemieteen Lewis Williams,a nurse's aid, died Friday,
February 13, 1998. Funeral: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 at the Faith United
Church. Burial: Richwood Memorial Gardens. Miller Funeral Home.