Funeral services for Doris Duchesne Howard will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Centerpoint Baptist Church, West Monroe. Rev. Tony Cassels will officiate. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.A native of Columbia, LA and a resident of Baton Rouge, Doris Duchesne Howard died peacefully on December 23, 2013. Preceded in death by her husband, James Edwin Howard; their son, James David Howard; her brother Travis Lee Duchesne; and parents Alzie and Edward Duchesne. Doris is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Virginia Howard Wall and Linda Howard and Glen Ezell; sister and brother-in-law Laverne Duchesne and Lawrence T Howard; brother-in law Harold D and Linda Howard. Grandchildren, Tony Wall, Casey Wall, Joshua Ezell and Megan Ezell; Great-grandchild, Emma Jean Taylor Wall; nieces; Bonnie Duchesne Bass, Naomi Howard and Stephanie Howard; nephews, Terry Howard, Steve Duchesne, and Dean Howard. Honorary Pallbearers are Glen Ezell, Harold Howard, Terry Howard, Lawrence Howard, Tony Wall and Joshua Ezell.