Obituaries

Graveside memorial services for Mrs. Monia Joyner of Mangham will be 11 a.m. Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Lone Cherry Baptist Cemetery near Mangham with Rev. Doyle Adams officiating under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville.

Manuel “Bill” Courtney, 79, was born January 25, 1941 in Pollard, Ala., and died September 11, 2020. 

He lived south of Waverly.

Graveside services were held Sept. 15, 202 at Presbyterian Church at Union with Pastor David Mosley officiating.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Jack and Ivy Kennedy Courtney of Pollard, Ala.; and his infant son.

Rev. Howard L. Hudson Jr. went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 3:27 p.m. He was born in Galion, located in Morehouse Parish on February 28, 1927.  Howard served in the U.S. Navy for four years before pursuing his education while working on ranches, boxing, and preaching before graduating from Vanderbilt University. Winning the North Louisiana Golden Gloves tournament gave him the nickname of “fighting parson.”