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WILLIAM B. RAINER -- The News-Star, Monroe LA, 15 Jan 1992
Services for Mr. William B. “Bill” Rainer Sr., 69, of Monroe will be at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 15, 1992 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, Sterlington Rd. with Rev. James L. Kidd officiating. Burial will be in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Rainer died Tuesday, January 14, 1992 in Monroe after a sudden illness.
Mr. Rainer was a veteran of World War II, a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He was retired from IMC Corp. Mr. Rainer was a member of Cruzin’ Cajuns Motor Home Club, Happy Times Motor Home Club, Northeast Dance Club, the Moose Lodge and The National Guard.
Survivors include his wife: Juanita West Rainer, Monroe; sons and daughters-in-law: Bill Jr. and Rebecca Rainer, Vicksburg, MS, Robert and Sue Rainer, Monroe; daughter; Jan Rainer, Monroe; sister: Betty Haynes, West Monroe; brother: Thomas E. Rainer, Sterlington, LA; sisters-in-law: Rose West, Metairie, LA and Edie Rainer, Ruston, LA; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Gertrude and Sam West, Grayson, LA; grandchildren: Kristi and Jason Rainer, Fort Myers, FL, Shannon and Brandy Davis, Vicksburg, MS; Scott and Sam Rainer, Monroe, LA; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Wylie Moore, O. G. Gammill, R. W. Gregory, R. A. Rigsby, Mitch Antley, and Ben Cooper. Honorary Pallbearers will be Cleve Cornett, Dick Foster, and members of the Happy Times Motor Club.
Visitation will be 8:00 a.m. Wednesday until service time.
Memorials may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church or your favorite charity.
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

VICTORIA REED -- Monroe News Star, January 28, 1953
Victoria Reed 110-year old Monroe Negro women who was born into slavery was buried here Monday. Active until 10 day before her death the woman had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. She died Wednesday. The woman who attended the same church for over 90 years in the Lamkin community. Like to tell her friends about her memories of the slavery days. She is survived by three daughters and one son, 40 grandchildren, 62 great grandchildren, 25 great great grandchildren; a widow for many years since 1930 before her death she lived with her daughter on Magnolia Street in Monroe.
--Contributed 10 Nov 2007 by Carlos Jackson

ALAN DANE ROBERSON -- Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville NC, 23 Mar 2001
Clyde – Alan D. Roberson, age 73, was born in Marion, La., on June 16, 1927, and passed away March 20, 2001, in Monroe, La., after a lengthy illness.
He attended Crosely Elementary, Ouachita Parish High School and Northeast Louisiana Junior College.
He was a veteran of WWII and saw action in the south Pacific, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa, serving on the staff of Admiral Harry W. Hill and was very patriotic.
After college, he was employed by Monroe Office Equipment and Home Office Supply of West Monroe.
After relocating to Colorado, he began a successful career in the restaurant business as owner/operator of McDonald’s franchises in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Upon retirement, Mr. Roberson returned to Union Parish.
He was a former member of the Lions Club of West Monroe and served as the first elected president of the Optimist Club of West Monroe. In addition, he was active in the Boy Scouts and was Scoutmaster of Troop 33.
He was an avid outdoorsman, hunter and fisherman and was a charter member and Officer of Albino Deer Hunting Club and had a special affection for dogs. He never met a dog he didn’t like!
Although he accomplished a great deal, he viewed his family as his greatest success. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Rowena Roberson of Farmerville, three sons, Alan D. Roberson Jr. “Bud” and wife Linda of Downsville, William A. Roberson “Willy”, and wife, Sharon of Farmerville, Carl H. Roberson “Ace” of Scottsdale, Ariz., one daughter, Gail Williams and husband, joe of Clyde, N.C. along with 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 22, 2001, from 5 to 9 p.m., at Farrar Funeral home. Funeral services for Mr. Roberson will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, March 23, 2001, at Farmerville First Baptist Church with Bro. Roger Johnson, Bro. Louis Barlett and Dr. James Parker officiating.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.
Interment will be at Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe. Arrangements are under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home of Farmerville.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials are made to the America Cancer Society.
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

LUTHER LEE ROGERS -- The News-World, Monroe LA, 15 Sep 1967
Funeral services will be held 2:30 p.m. today in Temple Baptist Church of Crossett, Ark., for Luther L. Rogers, 61, who died at his home in Crossett, Wednesday [13 Sep 1967] following a heart attack. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park under the direction of Jones Funeral Home.
Among the survivors of Mr. Rogers, who was employed by the Crossett paper mill, are a sister, Mrs. Oriean Boyd, Monroe, and a brother, Cortez Rogers, West Monroe. Other survivors include his widow, Mrs. Doyce Rogers, Crossett; one son, Donald Rogers, Crossett; three daughters, Mrs. Carol Bahara, Mission Hills, Calif.; Mrs. Linda Wendland, Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. Barbara Chambers, New Orleans; three other brothers, Ezra Rogers, Burkville, Tex.; John Rogers, Orange, Tex.; Rufus Rogers, Winnfield; three other sisters, Mrs. Zelma Cade, Beaumont, Tex.; Mrs. Audrey Gaston, Bridge City, Tex.; Mrs. Inez Haynes, Haughton, La., and eight grandchildren.
[Luther married Doyce Minnie MAY on 13 Jan 1928.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

DOLLIE MARY (MOUNCE) ROWELL -- The Shreveport Times, 25 May 1949
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today for Mrs. Dollie Mounce Rowell, 51, who died at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday [24 May 1949] at her home, 521 East 7th Street. Mrs. Rowell had been ill several months.
Mrs. Rowell had resided in Shreveport about 30 years, coming here from Bienville Parish. She was a member of the Cedar Grove Methodist Church.
Survivors are her husband, W. E. Rowell, an operator for the Shreveport Railways; two sons, Wallace and W. E. Rowell, Jr., both of Shreveport; one daughter, Mary Joyce Rowell, of Shreveport; five brothers, J. A., A. W., and Dr. E. C. Mounce, all of Alexandria, and C. E. of Shreveport, and E. T. Mounce of Lake Charles; and one sister, Mrs. W. N. Smith of Bastrop, La.
Services will be conducted by the Rev. R. M. Bentley, pastor of the Cedar Grove Methodist Church, at Wellman's Funeral Home. Burial will be in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church between Ringgold and Castor, La.
Pallbearers will be G. W. Sabin, H. Hanson, I. L. Har??, O. I. Gee, G. A. Wallace and A. E. Whaley.
[Dollie Mary MOUNCE ROWELL was the daughter of William Edward MOUNCE and Roxey BAKER MOUNCE.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

WILLIAM EDWARD ROWELL -- The Shreveport Times, 24 Nov 1991
Shreveport, La. - Mr. William Edward Rowell, Sr., died at Garden Park Nursing Home on November 22, 1991. Visitation will be held at Osborn Funeral Home at 3631 Southern Ave., Sunday, November 24, 1991. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 25, 1991, at Osborn Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Floyd Harris. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Ringgold, LA.
Mr. Rowell, Sr., was a native of Shreveport and a resident of this area for the past 72 years. He was a member of the Southside Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Merdie Rowell; and is survived by one daughter, Mary Joyce Grover; two sons, Wallace R. and W. E. Rowell, Jr., grandchildren, Dollie Virginia Knoerr, Sean Joyce Grover, Dale Lawrence Grover and Alan William Grover.
Pallbearers will be: A. T. Bunn, Tom Seeger, Howard Hughes, Glen Vance, J. B. Avery and T. W. Fountain.
[William Edward ROWELL, Sr., was the son of James Wiley ROWELL and Sadie Ann GARNER ROWELL. William was husband of (1) Dollie Mary MOUNCE ROWELL, and (2) Merdie Elvira CRAIN ROWELL.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

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