Obituaries

Dr. Harold Doyle Burford

Dr. Harold Doyle Burford passed away peacefully on Friday, December 16, at the age of 90 at Stoneybrook Senior Care Center in West Monroe.

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Jo Ann McElduff Wheelis

Funeral Services for Jo Ann McElduff Wheelis will be held Friday, December 16, 2022, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel of Ruston, at 1 p.m., officiated by her nephew, Bro. Karl Norris.

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Wanda Sue Duke Mays, 81, passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Garden Park Nursing Center in Shreveport. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2022, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.

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Elizabeth ‘June’ McKneely Morgan

Elizabeth “ June” McKneely Morgan, 80, of Edmond, Oklahoma, lost her battle with Alzheimer’s disease surrounded by the love of her family on Wednesday December 7, 2022.

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James E. ‘J.P.’ Parker

Funeral Services for James E. “J.P.” Parker will be held Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston, 1 p.m.

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Shannon Leigh Sumrall

Our beautiful, joy filled Shannon Leigh Sumrall, 43, passed away at home in Ruston on November 28, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. Shannon was born in Ruston on May 13, 1979, which just happened to be Mother’s Day.

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Ava B. Cook Nolte

Funeral services for Ava B. Cook Nolte will be held Wednesday December 7, 2022, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church near Gibsland. Interment will follow at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.

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Dorene Decell

Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Dorene “Rennie” Skipper Decell, age 90, of Ruston, will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2022, in Burkhalter Chapel at Trinity United Methodist Church in Ruston with Rev. Doug De Graffenried officiating. Burial will follow in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston.