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Obituaries

Lee

Mrs. Rochelle Yvette Williams Lee, 46, Ruston, LA, was born April 22, 1973, and died May 9, 2019 in Ruston, LA. Visitation will be held from 3 - 6 p.m.

Miller

Mr. John H. Miller, 81, of Simsboro, LA, was born July 9, 2019, and died May 5, 2019 in Ruston, LA. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday,

Tatum

Infant Rae’Lyn Tatum (nine months) Grambling, LA, was born July 23, 2018, and died May 6, 2019, in Grambling, LA. Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday, May 16,

White

Mr. Dexter White, 59, of Ruston, LA, was born May 29, 1959, and died May 8, 2019, in Ruston, LA. A wake will be held from 6 - 7 p.m.

Terry Tyson Bromell

Visitation for Terry Tyson Bromell was held from 5 -7 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2019 from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Temple Baptist Church, Ruston, LA. Funeral services will be

Martin

Graveside services for Norma Jean Martin, age 89 of Ruston, LA, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Ruston under the direction

Bobby Gene Colvin

Funeral services for Mr. Bobby Gene Colvin, age 88, of Dubach, LA, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2019, at Fellowship Baptist Church in Dubach with Rev. Cory Bruce and Claude Cox officiating. Burial will follow in the Fellowship Cemetery in Dubach, LA, under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston.

Mr. Colvin was born May 2, 1931, in the Fellowship Community to Robert Crosby and Ora Mae Evans Colvin. He died in Ruston, May 9, 2019. Mr. Colvin was the youngest of four siblings (all deceased).

Doris Mae Purcelley Storms

Doris Mae Purcelley Storms (“Doris”), age 95, passed away May 2, 2019. She was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on August 27, 1923, to George Dewey Purcelley, Sr. and Ollie Poole Purcelley.

She attended school in Hot Springs and for one year at Blue Mountain College (a Southern Baptist school) in Northern Mississippi. She married Raymond Edwin Storms of San Antonio, Texas, on June 27, 1943, and was happily married for 50 years until Raymond’s death on Nov. 30, 1993.

Henry E. Butler

Funeral services for Henry E. Butler, 68, of Choudrant, LA, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2019, at Douglas United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jeremy Jones

DEATH NOTICE

Butler Henry Butler, 68, of Choudrant, passed away on May 8, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston.