Category: Obituaries

Graveside services for Edward Parker, 79, of Ringgold, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Fellowship Cemetery in Dubberly, with Bro. Floyd Smith officiating assisted by the Rev. Jeremy Scott. Visitation was held from noon until 1:30 p.m., prior to the services at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden. Edward “Ed” was born…

Charles Benard Rathbun, 83, went home to be with the Lord Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, after winning his brief battle with cancer. The family received friends at Oil City United Pentecostal Church, 701 LA 1 South, Oil City, LA 71061 from 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. A “Celebration of Life Service” was…

Funeral services for Patricia June Toelkes were held at 10 a.m., Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at St. Paul Catholic Church in Minden, with Father Sebastian Kallarackal officiating. Interment followed at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden. The family received friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

Bobby Rice was born Sept. 21, 1949, in Shreveport, to the late Esther Bell and Roosevelt Rice. Bobby accepted Christ at an early age. He was baptized at New Light Missionary Baptist Church in Minden. Bobby completed his formal education at Webster High School. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Business Degree from Southern…

Graveside services for Elizabeth Ann Wilson will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at Gardens of Memory in Minden, under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

Dr. Weldon Hatcher departed this earth the morning of September 12 at the age of 81, after a long and difficult struggle with Parkinson’s. He is preceded in death by his father, Lewis Hatcher and mother, Edna Hatcher, of Heber Springs, Ark.; his son, Gary Hatcher of Haughton; his first wife, Betty Hatcher; and son-in-law,…