Don Wayne Talley

Funeral services for Mr. Don Wayne Talley will begin with visitation on Monday, October 25, 2021, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Mangham Baptist Church. Funeral will be held on Tuesday October 26, 2021, at 11:00am, at Mangham Baptist Church with Rev. Rick Aultman officiating. Interment will follow in Antioch Cemetery located in Alto, LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville.

Mr. Talley was born on January 23, 1949, in Bastrop, LA and passed away on October 22, 2021, in West Monroe, LA, after a lengthy illness with his wife of 56 years by his side.

He was preceded in death by his father Curtis; mother, Marie; infant son; granddaughter Alexis; sister Donice; and brother Ray.
He is survived by his wife, Nanella Talley; daughters, Tammy Rainwater and husband Sean and Toshia Bearden and fiancée Steve Dixon; son, Talion Talley and wife Heather; grandchildren, Brandon Yarbrough, Garrett Talley, Dillon Rainwater, Victoria Seymour, Caitlin Rainwater, Austin Bolding, Cross Talley, Ella and McKenna Talley. Seventeen great grandchildren; sisters Fay Martin and Carol Jean Talley; brother, Mike Talley; and special friends Betty Bundy, Ruby Benefield, and Lonnie and Lynn Shows.

The family would like to extend a very special thanks to Louisiana Hospice and his nurse Natalie Ward.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Dale Thompson, Phillip Crain, Brent Halley, Brian Wilson, Erroll Johnson and Rodney Bundy. Honorary pallbearers are his grandsons, Brandon Yarbrough, Garret Talley, Dillon Rainwater, Austin Bolding and Cross Talley.
In lieu of flowers donation should be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Don never met a stranger. He loved people and loved them unconditionally. He kept a burden for anyone that didn’t know the Lord. He always had a soft spot for children. He had an intense love for his family and cherished his church family as well. He wore a wrist band daily that simply read “I AM THIRD”. Meaning God first, everyone else second and him being third, and it showed! When referring to Don, there is one word that people always mention, “Gentleman”. He was a man of great character.