RISHER

Published on Sunday, September 5, 2010 12:23 AM CDT

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Mary Lou Nesmith Risher, of Lacombe, passed away Monday, Aug. 30, 2010.

She was the beloved wife of the late Jack Prosperous Risher and mother of Thomas R. Bishop II and Frances Bishop Faber. She is also survived by five grandchildren.

A native of Tulsa, Okla., she was a fine artist who specialized in portraits and landscapes and was a private teacher in pastels and oils.

RISHER

She studied at Columbia University, the Univerisity of Houston and the Univerisity of Washington. She also did private studies with James Jennings, Opal Walls, Ruth Pershing Uhler and Lowell Collins. She did one-woman shows in Washington, Alabama and Texas and group shows in Bellevue Arts Fair, Washington.

Her work is represented in permanent collections in First Baptist Church, Houston, the Unitarian Church in Huntsville, Ala., and in private and corporate collections in the U.S. and Europe. She also executed murals for the Unitarian Church in Huntsville, portraits represented at Mary Doerr’s images of Austin and the Southwest, Austin, Texas. She also received numerous awards for her art. She was a member of A.A.U.W., Houston Society of Illustrators, Professional Picture Framers’ Assn., Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Theta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Phi.

Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Slidell. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Visit www.honakerforestlawn.com to sign guestbook.

Arrangements by Honaker Funeral Home, Inc., Slidell.

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Monica L. Hughes wrote on Jan 28, 2011 10:34 PM:

" I will miss your sweet loving face! You were one in a million! I will never forget you! My dear sweet friend until we meet again. xoxoxo I love you!
Alway's,
Monica "

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