Local obituaries for Forest Park Funeral Home and Cemeteries
Helen Marie Logan
Jun 24, 2022
Helen Marie (Paris) Logan, 79, a former housewife, has died peacefully of natural causes on Friday, June 24, 2022. Helen was born on May 14, 1943, in Cotton Valley, LA, to James Jefferson Paris and Allie Brooks Paris. She lived in Shreveport and Bossier City in Louisiana, as well as Grand Prairie, Texas. Helen was an avid reader and...
Maria Suzanne Markell
Jun 23, 2022
Maria Suzanne Markell was born on June 10th, 1972, to her parents, Jack and Nancy Markell, in Sanford, North Carolina, and she passed away suddenly on June 23rd, 2022, at the age of 50. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Nancy Markell, both in 2019.
Maria graduated from Monroe High School in...
Regina Rosemary Barron
Jun 21, 2022
Regina Rosemary Sproles Barron passed away quietly on June 21, 2022. Gina was mother to Robbie Dean Losey and John Wesley Barron, and wife of Wesley Dale Barron, all of Shreveport.
Gina was born in England to Oscar and Kathleen Sproles on December 11, 1945. She moved to Bossier City as a teenager and later attended...
Clarence Nicholson Frierson, Jr.
May 17, 2022
Memorial services for Clarence Nicholson Frierson, Jr. will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 900 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA, at 12:00 noon on May 26, 2022. For those unable to attend in person, the service will be livestreamed at http://www.fpcshreveport.org and on the church's Facebook page.
"Tannie," as he was known to all who loved him,...
Raeanna L Free
May 16, 2022
Raeanna Laree Free, 23, of Stonewall, entered into Heaven on May 16, 2022, after fighting a lifelong battle with heart problems and undergoing a heart and liver transplant in Houston, TX. Visitation will be held at 10:00 AM on May 21, 2022, with funeral service immediately following at 11 AM, May 21, 2022 at Shreveport Baptist Temple Church with...
Walter Clarence Stevens Jr.
May 7, 2022
Graveside services for Colonel Walter Clarence Stevens Jr. will be held at Forest Park East, 3700 St. Vincent Ave. Shreveport, LA on Friday, May 13, at 10:00 AM for family and friends.
Colonel Walter C. Stevens Jr. USAF(R) died on May 7 at the age of 93. He was born January 25, 1929, in Macon, Georgia....
Rose Ella Buhrer
Apr 8, 2022
Rose Ella Buhrer, 78, of Shreveport, Louisiana, died Friday, April 8, 2022, in her home where she raised her children and lived for 54 years.
She was born on February 27, 1944, to Ileene Morgan and Duleth Garrison in Avawam, Kentucky. She was proud of her Smoky Mountain roots and claimed that having one leg slightly...
Barbara 'Babs' Brown
Mar 22, 2022
Barbara 'Babs' (Love) Brown, 92, a retired home health nurse, died of natural causes at her home surrounded by loved ones on March 22, 2022. She was born on May 23, 1929, to W. B. Love, Sr. and Lola Johnston Love in Shreveport, LA. She attended C. E. Byrd High School and Northwestern Nursing School. Barbara earned the Clara...
Walter Wesley
Mar 14, 2022
Mr. Walter Wesley, age 53, died on March 14, 2022, in Shreveport, LA. Walter was born on November 5, 1968, in Monroe, LA, to Jim Wesley Jr. and Rosie Lee (Price) Wesley. After graduating from Carroll High School, he bravely served in the U.S. Army.
Walter was preceded in death by his father, Jim Wesley, Jr....
Jeanette Harmon
Feb 28, 2022
Jeanette McDonald Harmon passed away peacefully on the early morning of February 28th, 2022 in the loving company of her son and daughter at T. Boone Pickens Faith Presbyterian Hospice in Dallas due to complications from diverticulitis.
Jeanette was born in Shreveport, Louisiana to George R. and Eugenia McDonald on March 1st, 1936. Jeanette graduated from...
Helen Thomas
Feb 28, 2022
Mrs. Helen Gulley Thomas, 93, passed away on Monday, February 28 in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 2:00 pm at Forest Park Funeral Home, 1201 Louisiana Ave in Shreveport. Helen was born in Panola County, TX on August 12, 1928. Her mother died when Helen was very...
Roger Dale Thrasher
Feb 18, 2022
Roger Dale Thrasher, 65, a retired painter, died on Friday, February 18, 2022, at his home in Shreveport due to end-stage COPD. He was born on December 28, 1956, in Monroe, LA, to Tom Thrasher and Willa Lynn Lemons. He spent most of his life in Shreveport, Elm Grove, and Keithville, LA. Roger bravely served as a boiler mechanic...
Glenda Roberta Crysel
Feb 15, 2022
Glenda Roberta (Moore) Crysel, 73, a former waitress, died on February 15, 2022, in Bossier City, LA, due to long-term health issues. Glenda was born on June 5, 1948, in Shreveport, LA, to Robert F. Moore and Willie Mae (Cromwell) Moore. She resided in Shreveport, Bossier City, and Pineville, Louisiana. She attended Fair Park High School and was a...
John Mccaherty
Feb 14, 2022
John J (Hardway) McCaherty, born in Carrolton, Illinois on June 21, 1940, passed away peacefully at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana on February 14, 2022 surrounded by family. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, and siblings. John leaves behind his wife of 40 years, Shelia Irene McCaherty; children: John C. & Adriane...
Kimberly Ann Jefferson
Feb 14, 2022
Visitation 2022-02-26 09:00:00 11:00:00 Funeral Home Funeral Service 2022-02-26 11:00:00 Funeral Home Interment following funeral service 2022-02-26 Forest Park West Cemetery 4000 Meriwether Rd Shreveport LA 71109
Sandra Kay Smith
Feb 11, 2022
Sandra Kay Smith, age 62, died on February 11, 2022, in her home with her sister after battling cancer. She was born on September 26, 1959, in Shreveport, LA, to James Melton Smith, Sr. and Mary Procell Smith. She lived in Shreveport and Bossier City, LA, and she attended Fair Park High School. Sandra worshiped at Bellaire Baptist Church...
Opal Ruth Skinner
Feb 2, 2022
Opal Ruth Skinner, age 80, died on February 2, 2022, in Shreveport, LA. She was born on November 20, 1941, in Pineville, LA, to William and Ida Belle Brinkley. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ida Belle Brinkley; father, William Brinkley; brother, Buddy 'Pop' Brinkley; sisters, Francis Brown, Jean Bailey, Nadine Bailey, Camille Grant, Freda Reynolds, and...
Edgar 'Bill' L Deeds
Jan 21, 2022
Edgar Lee "Bill" Deeds, age 96, a retired paint contractor, died on Friday, January 21, 2022, at his home. He was born on January 13, 1926, in Salt Gap, Texas, to Oliver Lee and Alma Ince Deeds. Edgar lived most of his life in Shreveport, LA. He attended schools in Rochelle, Texas and was a WWII Veteran in the...
