All Obituaries

Lula Dobbins, 86, transitioned from this life on February 21, 2026. Visitation will be from 3pm to 5pm on Friday, February 27, 2026, in the chapel of Hester Central State Funeral Home, 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will be at 2pm on Saturday, February 28, 2026  in the chapel of Hester Central State Funeral Home, 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Burial will immediately follow at Hasley Cemetery 1500 Arkansas Road West Monroe. ...

Leland Adams, Sr, age 80, transitioned from this life on February 17, 2026, in Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 27, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Hester's Central State Funeral Home Chapel, 811 Louise Anne Ave, Monroe, Louisiana. The funeral service will be Saturday, February 28, 20206 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at Magnolia Cemetery, DeSiard Street, Monroe, Louisiana. You’ve Just Walked On Ahead of Me And I’ve got to ...

Walter Paul, Jr, age 76, transitioned from this life on February 4, 2026, in Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. at St Matthews Church of Christ, 500 South 7th St, Monroe, Louisiana. The funeral service will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at Richwood Cemetery, 2705 Richwood Road #2, Monroe, Louisiana. Afterglow I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of ...

Lee Ellar Perkins, age 94, transitioned from this life on February 2, 2026, in Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 13, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. in the chapel of Hester Central State Funeral Home, located at 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. The funeral service will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. Interment will immediately follow at Magnolia Cemetery on DeSiard Street in Monroe, Louisiana. Welcome Home When I am gone, release me, let me go. I ...

John Edward "John Boy" Cole, Jr., 51, transitioned from this life on January 25, 2026 in Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 4 pm to 6 pm on Friday, February 6, 2026 in the chapel of Hester Central State Funeral Home, 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral service will be held at 11 am on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 585 Mount Pleasant Road, West Monroe, Louisiana. Burial will immediately follow at Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery, ...

Ms. Lucretia Woodard, 69, transitioned from this life on January 21, 2026 in Monroe, Louisiana. Visitation for Ms. Woodard will be held from 1 pm to 2 pm on Saturday, February 7, 2026 in the chapel of Hester Central State Funeral Home, 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will follow at 2:30 pm in the chapel of Hester's Funeral Home. No burial will be held for Ms. Woodard.                            ...

Octavia Marie Brown-Hill, 65, transitioned from this life on January 14, 2026 in Crossett, Arkansas. Visitation will be held from 4pm to 6pm at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 309 North Georgia Street, Crossett, Arkansas. Funeral services will be at 11am New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 309 North Georgia Street, Crossett, Arkansas. Burial will be at Westview Cemetery, Westview Drive, Crossett, Arkansas immediately following the funeral service.  God Saw the Road Was Getting ...

Willie Hearn, 86, transitioned from this life on January 12, 2026. Visitation will be from 4pm to 6pm in the chapel of Hester Central State Funeral Home, 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will be at 1pm on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at Mount Zion Baptist, 644 Mount Zion Road, Columbia, Louisiana. Burial will immediately follow at the Mount Zion Church Cemetery.  Remember Me To the living, I am gone. To the sorrowful, I will never return. To the angry, I was ...

Margaret Marshall, 67, transitioned from this life on January 11, 2026. Visitation will be on Friday, January 16, 2026 from 4pm to 6pm at Hester Central State Funeral Home located at 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will be at 1pm on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Hopewell Baptist Church, 448 Blankston Road, Columbia, Louisiana. Burial will immediate follow at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, 448 Blankston Road, Columbia, Louisiana.  Just A Weaver My life is ...

Charity Wright, 71, transitioned from this life on January 05, 2026. Visitation will be on Friday, January 16, 2026 from 4pm to 6pm at Hester Central State Funeral Home located at 811 Louise Anne Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Cuba Baptist Church, 343 Blankston Road, Bosco, Louisiana. Burial will immediately follow at Magnolia Cemetery, DeSiard Street, Monroe, Louisiana.   She Is Gone You can shed tears that she is ...