Local obituaries for Forest Park Funeral Home and Cemeteries
Homer Blane
Oct 1, 2018
We mourn and cherish the life of Mr. Homer Blane. Please keep the family in your thoughts at this difficult time.
Charles Streetman
Sep 25, 2018
We mourn the loss and cherish the life of Mr. Charles Streetman. Services are currently pending.
Sybil Mcdaniel
Sep 25, 2018
Sybil Mercer McDaniel died at the age of 98 on September 25th, at 7:55 at the Landmark Nursing Facility in West Monroe, Louisiana, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. McDaniel was born April 5, 1920, in Elysian Fields, Texas to Bert Mercer and Madie Woodley Mercer. She married the late William Allen McDaniel and made her home in Shreveport, Louisiana...
Fulton Dixon Jr.
Sep 21, 2018
Fulton Dixon Jr. (nick name), "Man", 81, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 in Shreveport, LA. at the Overton Brooks V.A. Medical Center. He was born February 27, 1937 in Hannah, LA. to Fulton Dixon Sr. and Azzie Lee Dixon. Fulton attended Springville High School in Red River Parish, Booker T. Washington in Shreveport, Louisiana, Grambling State University in...
Patsy Ellis
Sep 20, 2018
Patsy Jane Ellis Hopkins "PJ", 68, of Jefferson, Texas, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018. She was born on November 28, 1949 in Bastrop, Louisiana to Joe and Mable Ellis. She enjoyed hunting and fishing. She was preceded in death by her parents; Joe and Mable Ellis, a brother and a sister. Left to cherish her memory is...
Elizabeth Cunningham
Sep 20, 2018
Elizabeth Page Cunningham was born on March 31, 1945 in Fort Worth, TX and passed peacefully on September 20, 2018, after a courageous 5-year battle with Breast Cancer. Elizabeth grew up in Midland, Texas graduated from Lee High School in 1962 and attended Texas Tech University where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. While attending...
Thomas Rinehart
Sep 17, 2018
Thomas "Tommy" Emmitt Rinehart, Jr. passed away on the morning of September 17, 2018 in Shreveport, Louisiana as a result of an automobile accident. He was 61 years old. Tommy is survived by his daughter, Keeley Lynne Rinehart, New Orleans, LA; Sisters - Catherine Letendre (Chris) of Ruston, LA, Susie Besecker (John) of Wallops Island, VA and Martha Rinehart...
Rita Mae Johnson
Sep 10, 2018
Mrs. Rita Mae Robinson Johnson was born February 16, 1935 in Shreveport, Louisiana to Mrs. L.C. Calhoun and Mr. Jake Robinson Sr., both of which are deceased. She leaves to mourn six children: Florida M. Davis (Randolph), Leroy Johnson, Edgar L. Johnson, Norris L. Johnson, Joe A. Robinson (Lavoris) of Gresham, Oregon, Donald R. Robinson (Belinda) and , 17...
Charles Byers
Sep 9, 2018
Charles Orlando Byers, 55, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in Boise, Idaho at home surrounded by his family. A viewing will be on September 21, 2018 at 6-8pm. Funeral services will be held on the 22nd at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints located on 200 Carroll Street, Shreveport LA at 11am. Charles was...
Neva Wallace
Sep 6, 2018
Neva Wallace Neva Nabors Wallace, 86, died peacefully on Sept. 6, 2018, at The Glen Village Healthcare facility in Shreveport. A resident of The Glen since 2010, Neva was known for her cheery smile and for remembering names and family facts about staff and residents throughout the facility. She was often seen greeting people as she wheeled herself around...
Sandra Satcher
Sep 6, 2018
We mourn and cherish the life of Ms. Sandra Satcher. Please keep the family in your thoughts at this difficult time. Services pending.
Dr. Ollie Quinn Nyman
Aug 18, 2018
SHREVEPORT, LA- A service honoring the life of Dr. Quinn Nyman, Sr. will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Park West. Officiating will be Reverend Billy Crosby and Dr. Murray Hodge. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m....
Manley 'Bud' Beard
Aug 17, 2018
Bud passed away at his home in Hammond, LA, with his loving wife by his side. His life celebration will be Thursday, August 23, 2018, beginning with visitation 10:00am to 12:00pm at Forest Park Funeral Home followed by a graveside service officiated by Frank Akridge, Jr., at Forest Park West Cemetery. Bud was born in Shreveport, LA, July 25,...
Judy Carolyn Etheredge
Aug 15, 2018
Judy Carolyn DeFee Etheredge Shreveport, LA - Celebration of Life for, Judy Carolyn DeFee Etheredge, 70, will be held at Forest Park Funeral Home, 1201 Louisiana Ave., Shreveport, LA with C.L. Bourn, Pastor of Greenwood Hills Baptist Church, officiating. Visitation will be Monday, August 20th, 2018 from 6PM to 8PM. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, August 21st, 2018...
Thomas Dewett
Aug 14, 2018
Thomas Carey Dewett, 65, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at his home in Shreveport, LA. from complications related to early onset Alzheimer's. He was born May 2, 1953 in Hot Springs, AR to Thomas H. and Marge Dewett. He attended Captain Shreve High School and was a member of First Baptist Church of Shreveport. Tom was a...
Opal Frances Allen
Aug 11, 2018
Opal Frances Austin Allen September 29, 1934 - August 11, 2018 Opal Frances Allen left to live with Jesus on August 11, 2018 in Bossier City, LA. She was 83 years old. Opal was born on September 29, 1934 in Belmont, LA to Alton Austin and Annie Eloise Branch Austin. Opal graduated from Converse High School and moved to...
Taylor 'Sonny' Wallace Sanders Iii
Aug 8, 2018
Taylor W. "T.W." "Sonny" Sanders, III, 71, died peacefully at home after a battle with cancer. Cancer did not win the fight-Dad Did ! His last breath on earth was his first breath in heaven. Funeral Service for Mr. Sanders will be at 5:00 PM, Sunday August 10, 2018, with a Visitation prior starting at 2:00 PM, each being...
Aaron Rouse
Aug 6, 2018
Aaron "Tater" David Rouse, 30, resident of Bossier City, LA, took his victory lap on Monday, August 6, 2018 in Shreveport, LA. He was born on November 13, 1987, to Tracy Rouse and Matt Snyder where he made a pitstop in Orlando Florida and there, spent most of his life and learned his love for racing from his parents....
Joseph Remedies
Jul 24, 2018
Joseph Duford Remedies lovingly known as J.D., Joe, or Jake, 74, of Stonewall, Louisiana passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at Willis Knighton South in Shreveport. He was born in Shreveport, LA to Flo and Ada Meshell Remedies on December 2, 1943. Joe grew up in Zwolle, LA and attended St. Joseph Catholic School. He started working in the...
Issaiah Robert Brown
Jul 14, 2018
We are connected, my child and I, by an invisible cord not seen by the eye It's not like the cord that connects us 'til birth, This cord can't be seen by any on earth This cord does its work right from the start It binds us together, attached to my heart I know that it's there, though no...
