Joyce Cockrell Mears

August 6, 1933  –  May 11, 2025

Taylor, Ark., Springhill, La.

Visitation: 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2025, Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill.

Funeral service: 11 a.m. Saturday, immediately following visitation.

Burial: Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Benton, La.

Douglas Glen Childress

April 6, 1956  –  May 10, 2025

Haynesville, La.

Graveside service: 11 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2025, Shady Grove Cemetery, Haynesville under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Haynesville.

Elizabeth Zappa Haynes

August 1, 1946 — May 11, 2025

West Palm Beach, Fla.

Visitation: 1 until 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2025, First Baptist Church, Homer, La.

Funeral service: 2 p.m., immediately following visitation.

Burial: Salem Cemetery in Athens, La.

Morris Edward Pardee

June 4, 1945 — May 11, 2025

Campti, La.

Visitation: noon until 2 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2025, Family Worship Center, Campti, La.

Funeral service: 2 p.m., immediately following visitation.

Burial: 3:30 p.m., Pardee Cemetery, Black Lake community, under the direction of Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

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