Obituaries

Cassandra Primas

Cassandra Primas

Mar 9, 2024

Cassandra Primas departed this life on March 9, 2024, at the age of 57. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024, at MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home, 87 Paddio Johnson Ln. Greensburg, La 70441 from 6 to 8 pm. Visitation will resume on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 9 am until religious service at 10 am. Rev. Joe...

Alma Inez Gordon Wicker

Alma Inez Gordon Wicker

Mar 3, 2024

Alma Inez Gordon Wicker departed this life on March 3, 2024, at the age of 80. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024, at MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home, 87 Paddio Johnson Lane, Greensburg, La 70441 from 5 to 8 pm. Religious Service will be held on March 16, 2024, at Turner Chapel AME Church, 874 Turner Chapel...

Samuel Self

Samuel Self

Mar 3, 2024

Samuel Self departed this life on March 3, 2024 at the age of 91. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 at MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home, 87 Paddio Johnson Ln, Greensburg, LA at 8 am until religious service at 9 am. Rev. Kevin Cowan will be officiating the service. Interment will be in New Hope Cemetery, Greensburg,...

Lurena Muse

Lurena Muse

Mar 2, 2024

Lurena Muse departed this life on March 2, 2024, at the age of 91. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, 2321 Thalia St. New Orleans, La 70113 at 9 am until religious service at 10 am. Pastor Shelton O. Myers will be officiating the service. Interment will be in Plainview Cemetery, Denham...

Roderick Fred Adams

Roderick Fred Adams

Mar 1, 2024

Roderick Fred Adams departed this life on March 1, 2024, at the age of 56. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at St. Mary Baptist Church, 1252 N. Acadian Thruway E, Baton Rouge, La 70802 at 11 am until religious service at 1 pm. Pastor Conway Knighten will be officiating the service.Arrangements entrusted to MJR Friendly Service...

Jarrous Kemo Mitchell

Jarrous Kemo Mitchell

Feb 29, 2024

Jarrous Kemo Mitchell departed this life on February 29, 2024, at the age of 28. Religious Service will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at New Zion Baptist Church, 126 East St. Denham Springs, La 70726 at 11 am. Rev. Leroy Taylor will be officiating the service. Interment will be in Plainview Cemetery.Arrangements entrusted to MJR Friendly Service Funeral...

Ashton Jamal Campbell

Ashton Jamal Campbell

Feb 26, 2024

Ashton Jamal Campbell departed this life on February 26, 2024, at the age of 33. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Greater Good Hope Baptist Church, 47 Cathy St. Norco, La 70079 at 9 am until religious service at 10 am. Minister Davin Gardner will be officiating the service. Interment will be in Jefferson Memorial Cemetery.Arrangements...

Cathlene Butler

Cathlene Butler

Feb 26, 2024

Cathlene Butler departed this life on February 26, 2024, at the age of 72. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Hope Church, 4209 Broadway Street in Pearland, TX at 6:30 pm until religious service at 7pm. Rev. Cornelius Jammer will be officiating the service.



On Friday, March 8, 2024, a visitation will be held at Gospel Temple COGIC, 82...

Shawna Wright

Shawna Wright

Feb 26, 2024

‭‭Proverbs 3:5 KJV‬‬[5] Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding.Shawna Wright, departed this life on Monday, February 26, 2024, at the age of 41. Service Date: Saturday March 23, 2024.Service Location: MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home, Denham Springs, LA. Visitation: 10AM Religious service 11AM Interment: Plainview Cemetery,  Denham Spring, LA.Arrangements entrusted to MJR Friendly Service Funeral...

Louis Walker, Sr.

Louis Walker, Sr.

Feb 25, 2024

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Louis Walker, Sr., transitioned from this earthly life into eternal life at age of 78, on Sunday February 25, 2024.

Service Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024

Service Location:  St. James Baptist Church, 1105 North  Street Baton...

Clara Mae "Tootsie" London

Clara Mae "Tootsie" London

Feb 25, 2024

Clara Mae London, “Tootsie”, as she was affectionately called, was the fifth of 12 children born to the late Mack and Winnie London.  Her date of birth was September 13, 1951.  God blessed us with 72 wonderful joyful years.  

Tootsie’s earthly journey reached its end on February 25, 2024.  She is survived by five sisters, Shirley McCray and Pamela London...

Carrie Mae Pitts

Carrie Mae Pitts

Feb 25, 2024

 Psalms 55:6  “And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.”

Carrie Mae Pitts, journeyed to her heavenly home on Sunday, February 25, 2024, hearing the words welcome home my good and faithful servant, at the age of 101. 

Service Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024

Vistiation: 9am

Celebration of Life: 11am

Sevice Location:...

Judith Ann Price (Judy) Brecheen

Judith Ann Price (Judy) Brecheen

Feb 24, 2024

 Judith Ann Price {Judy} Brecheen passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, February 25, 2024 at her home in Greensburg at the age of 77. She was born January 7, 1947 in Alexandria, Louisiana. She was a graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, and the Alexandria Academy of Beauty Culture. She worked for 16 years as a para-educator with St.Helena...

Kendra Danielle Bell

Kendra Danielle Bell

Feb 21, 2024

Psalms 85:11 “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”

Kendra was born on June 13, 1984, to Daniel and Virginia Bell. She was educated within East Baton Rouge Parish's School System, graduating from Redemptorist High in 2005. She was baptized on...

Sylvester Watson

Sylvester Watson

Feb 19, 2024

Psalm 15:1-2 “LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.“

Deacon Sylvester Watson, born June 1, 1926, passed peacefully from his earthly home and transitioned to his heavenly home, on Monday, February 19, 2024. 

Service Date: Saturday, March 2,  2024.

Visitation: 9am-11am  

Religious...

Earl Ray Foreman

Earl Ray Foreman

Feb 18, 2024

Earl Ray Foreman departed this life on February 18, 2024, at the age of 62.Arrangements entrusted to MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home, Greensburg, La.

Gwendolyn Briggs

Gwendolyn Briggs

Feb 18, 2024

Psalms 27:1 [1] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Gwendolyn Briggs, received her heavenly wings on Sunday,  February 18, 2024. 

Service Date: Saturday,  March 2, 2024.

Visitation: 8am - 9am

Religious Service: 9 am 

Service Location: MJR Friendly Service Funeral Home,  7803 Florida Blvd East,...

David Daniel Compau

David Daniel Compau

Feb 17, 2024

Saddled with a toolbox and a heart as big as his tales, their very own fix-it wizard David Daniel Compau has hung up his wrench and headed for the great workshop in the sky on February 17, 2024. Born in Wyandotte, MI, on April 28, 1956, he clocked out after a spirited 68-year shift on Earth, leaving behind a lifetime of...

Betty Deemer Jackson

Betty Deemer Jackson

Feb 13, 2024

Betty Deemer Jackson, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and life-long educator passed away peacefully on February 13, 2024, at Our Lady of Lake Hospital.  Betty was born on August 14, 1940, to the late James Deemer and Carrie Ealy Deemer.  She was a resident and native of Denham Springs, LA. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 23,...

Derome "Jerome" Rankins, Sr.

Derome "Jerome" Rankins, Sr.

Feb 11, 2024

‭‭Psalm 23:1-4  [1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. [2] He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. [3] He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. [4] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I...