Obituaries

Geraldine Lord was born September 1st 1924 in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. She graduated high school in Pleasant Hill in 1941. After graduation moved to California to work in an airplane factory as a “Rosie the Riveter.”

There she met and on July 1st, 1943 she married Jack Stoner. Jack and Geraldine made their home in Watertown, South Dakota moving back to Pleasant Hill, Louisiana some twenty years later. Geraldine was a member of

Willie Leon Vanzant was born to the union of Arlimon Vanzant Sr. and Louella Pullen Vanzant on September 17, 1945 in Mansfield Louisiana. He departed this life August 13, 2014 @1:49pm at David Grant Medical Center (Travis AFB) Fairfield, CA. Willie Leon graduated from DeSoto High School in  Mansfield, La. in 1964. After which he joined the United States Army in 1966 where he proudly served his country. In 1969 he met the love of his life Ruth Elaine Canada, they were married August 5, 1972. During their 42 years of marriage God blessed this union with four children Tonya, Demetrice, Gregory, and Jonathan. In 1994 he moved to Sacramento, CA. Willie Leon was a great man of integrity. He will be remembered for the love he had for his family, his vibrant smile, his charisma, style, and class. Homegoing services for Leon will be at the Cedar Hill Baptist Church on Highway 84 West on Saturday August 30, 2014 at 11:00 am.

Funeral services honoring the life of Joan Stribling Adams were held at 11:00 AM on Friday, August 22, 2014 at Rose-Neath Chapel in Mansfield, LA. Interment followed at Sloan Cemetery in Mansfield, LA. Visitation will be on Friday, August 22, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Joan was born on April 20, 1932 in Grand Cane, Louisiana. She is preceded in death by her parents Jack Andrew Jackson Stribling and Dorothy Elizabeth  Jones; husband Charles R. Adams and daughter Anita Gail Granger; and brother Jack Everett Stribling. Joan is survived by two daughters, Margaret Ann Starr of   Houston, Texas and Karen Sue Childs and husband Terry of Houston, Texas; sister Elizabeth Jane Ponder; grandchildren Kelly Renea Newland, Kathryn Elizabeth Starr, Andrea Devin Smith, Charles Andrew Grander; Great grandchildren Grace Newland, Emily Anderson, Langston Smith, Ellison Smith, and Hannah Gail Grander

Funeral services honoring the life of Syble Dickerson, 77, were held 2:00 PM Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Rose-Neath Chapel, in Logansport, LA, with Bro. Larry Harville officiating. Burial followed in Joaquin

Cemetery in Joaquin, TX. The family received friends at the funeral home on Friday, July 25, 2014 from 5:00 until 9:00 PM.  Syble was born June 24, 1937 in Kaufman, TX to David and Elva Cates Donowho and passed away July 23, 2014 with her family by her side. Preceding Syble in death was her husband Bobby Dickerson, parents David and Elva Cates Donowho; sons Wesley Owens and Patrick Owens; sisters Sylvia Malone and Sharon 

Potter. Those left behind to cherish her memory are daughters Amanda Jones and husband Ricky and April Taylor and husband Shayne; son Thomas  Owens; and sister Priscilla Tsougarakis.