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4B 2017THE NEWS-STAR WWW.THENEWSSTAR.COM OBITUARIES Funeral Services for Mrs. Elsie Mae Williams of Monroe, LA, will be held 2:00 P.M., ursday, March 9, 2017 in the Mausoleum Chapel at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA, with Pastor Ricky Baker ciating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA. Elsie Mae Williams was born Dec 20, 1942 in Ft. Necessity, LA to the late Odis Newman and Hazel Willhite Newman.

She passed away March 6, 2017 in West Monroe, LA. Elsie was a devoted wife and mother. Her feisty spirit will be missed by all who knew her. She is preceded in death by husband, J.B. Williams.

She is survived by one child, Trent Williams; daughter- in-law, Leanne Williams; grandson, Sergejs Williams; granddaughter, Marija Williams; grand dog, Boone Williams; sisters, Lucille Dickens, Ruby Houston and Geneva Givens; brothers, William and Lavelle Newman; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.

Online www.mulhearnfuneral- home.com Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA Elsie Mae Williams LOTTERY Pick 3: 5-8-5 Pick 4: 5-4-8-8 Easy 5: 02-04-09-20-23 Lotto: 07-18-21-24-37-40 Powerball: 02-18-19-22-63 Powerball 19; Power Play 3 Mega Millions: 14-26-39-48-51 Megaball 09; Megaplier 5 BIRTHS GLENWOOD REGIONAL Monica and Marcus Cobbs, a boy, Marcus III DEATHS Gary Bloomer, 70 Gary Bloomer of West Monroe, a retired painter and sandblaster, died Monday. Visitation is 1011 a.m. Thursday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery. Sperry Brown, 73 Sperry Allen Brown of Monroe, retired from Madix Incorporated, died Saturday.

Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Monroe. Burial will be in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Jeremy Council, 33 QUITMAN Jeremy Glenn Council, a contractor, died Friday. Graveside services are 3 p.m.

Wednesday at Briarwood Cemetery, Readhimer. Visitation is 10 a.m. until noon Wednesday at Edmonds Funeral Home, Jonesboro. Burial will be in the Briarwood Cemetery. Clara Courtney, 102 Clara Blackman George Courtney of West Monroe, a retired salesperson, died Monday.

Services are 11 a.m. at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Visitation is 9-11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Mt.

Vernon Cemetery. Mattie Foster, 91 Mattie Hixon Foster of Monroe, a retired food service worker for ULM, died Saturday. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Swartz First Baptist Church, Monroe. Burial will be in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe.

Polly Guillot, 92 WINNSBORO Polly Guillot, a homemaker, died Monday. Service are 2p.m. Thursday at Shady Grove Baptist Church. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery under the direction of Community Memorial Funeral Home. Charlene Hernandez, 59 Charlene Hernandez of Monroe, retired from Monroe Housing, died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Point Church, Monroe. Burial will be in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe.

Kathryn Holloway, 96 Kathryn G. Holloway, aretiree of Sears Roebuck, of Monroe, died Monday. Services are incomplete under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Robbie Mashaw, 84 FARMERVILLE Robbie L. Mashaw, a homemaker, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Antioch Baptist Church, Farmerville. Visitation is 5-8 p.m.

Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home, Farmerville. Gwendolyn McCarthy, 78 BASTROP Gwendolyn Merritt McCarthy, a homemaker, died Saturday. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church of Bastrop under the direction of Cox Funeral Home, Bastrop.

Jimmie Robbins, 82 RAYVILLE Jimmie Harold Robbins, a heavy equipment operator, died Sunday. Graveside services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pinewood Memorial Cemetery, Crossett, Ark. under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville. Jacqueline Southwell, 89 Jacqueline R.

Southwell of Monroe, a retired Monroe city school supervisor, died Saturday. Services are 10 a.m. Wednes- day at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Monroe. Burial will be in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Allie Taylor, 81 FARMERVILLE Allie Faye Taylor, a homemaker, died Tuesday.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Farmerville Church of Christ. Visitation is 9-11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery, Marion under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home, Farmerville.

Raymon Toney, 45 OAKLEY California Raymon Toney, electrician, formerly of Bastrop, died Friday. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Morehouse District Missionary Baptist Educational Association Building, Bastrop. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Tennant Funeral Home of Bastrop.

Burial will be at the Henry V. Adam Cemetery, Bastrop. Francis Tritle, 86 Francis Timothy Tritle of West Monroe, a retired central office technician with Verizon Wireless, died Monday. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.

Visitation is 1-2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Henry Worsham, 94 RUSTON Henry Worsham died Monday. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Douglas United Methodist Church, Choudrant.

Visitation is noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Douglas Cemetery under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston. PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED Crowson, Lillian: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe.

Harris, Rufus: 11 a.m. Saturday, Union Valley B.C., Delhi. Hunter, Geneal: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bienville. James, Charles: 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe. Jiles, Maxine: 2 p.m. Thursday, Gayla Traina Cemetery, Jonesboro. KinKaid, Veritas: 10 a.m. Friday, First Church of God, Oak Grove.

Parks, Lester: 10 a.m. Thursday, Spencer Baptist Church, Spencer. Payton, Minnie: 11 a.m. Monday, Morehouse Association Building, Collinston. Peske, Stephen: 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Powell, Shirley: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist B.C., Rayville. Smith, Bobby: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Southern Funeral Home Chapel, Hodge.

Strong, Martha: 2 p.m. Sunday, Mt. Pleasant B.C., Terry. Funeral homes should submit death notices information by 4 p.m. Email: deathno- MILESTONES STAFF REPORT KANSAS CITY, Mo.

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said dozens of tornadoes struck overnight in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. The National Weather Service was assessing the exact number and strength of twisters Tuesday. The same storm system brought huge hailstones and powerful winds as far south as the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and as far north as Wisconsin. There were 483 homes and 10 to 12 commercial buildings with some type of damage in Oak Grove, said Sni Valley Fire Protection District Chief Carl Scarborough. Twelve people were treated for injuries that life-threatening, he said.

looks like the injuries are minimal so, based on some of the damage seen, rather that no one died, Oak Grove Mayor Jeremy Martin said in a Tuesday morning news conference. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens declared a state of emergency and surveyed the damage in Oak Grove on Tuesday. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that the Oak Grove tornado was an EF3, with an estimated peak wind of 152 mph. In Smithville, Missouri, an EF2 tornado with peak winds of 132 mph, damaged or destroyed between 60 and 70 homes, Police Chief Jason Lockridge said.

The damage will be north of seven in the town of around 9,000 residents about 25 miles north of Kansas City. No serious injuries were reported. Asuburban Kansas City airport was hit by straight-line winds averaging 80 to 85 mph, not a tornado, the weather service said. The Johnson County Executive Airport in Olathe, Kansas, reopened to limited air traffic but remained closed to the public Tuesday. About 46 homes sustained some damage, with a handful having major damage, in the nearby suburb of Leawood, Kansas, said Johnson County spokeswoman Sharon Watson.

No injuries were reported in Olathe or Leawood. Police said several homes, barns and sheds were damaged in rural areas near Plattsburg and Lathrop in Missouri, and four people were treated for minor injuries. EF1 tornadoes, which have wind speeds of 86 mph to 110 mph, were reported in three Missouri communities: the Kansas City suburb of Summit, Macks Creek in southwest Missouri and Wentzville near St. Louis. In northeast Missouri, Shelby County canceled classes after strong winds damaged several school buildings.

And in Odessa, about 40 miles east of Kansas City, people were told to boil their water because the water treatment plant was damaged. In Iowa, where hurricane-force winds were reported, the National Weather Service in Davenport confirmed three injuries and 80 homes damaged in Muscatine from a tornado that traveled nearly 2 miles leaving a swath of damage 200 yards wide. The EF2 tornado struck Monday night with peak winds of 115 miles per hour. Another EF2 tornado swept along 25 miles through Blue Grass, northwest Davenport and Eldridge damaging a home, farm buildings, trees and power poles. Minnesota got hit with two tornadoes Monday evening the earliest twisters to ever strike the state.

CHARLIE Mark Swartz sits in the living room of his home as he salvages items Tuesday after it was destroyed by a tornado when a severe storm passed through Oak Grove, Mo. Monday night. Storm damages hundreds of Midwest homes MARGARET STAFFORD ASSOCIATED PRESS.