Lionell Piper

Services for Lionell Piper will be at 11:00a.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at Daughter of Zion Baptist Church. Pastor Willie Sewell will be officiating. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ball, LA.

Mr. Piper, 80, of Alexandria, LA, passed away on February 7, 2026, at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital. Lionell retired from the State of Louisiana. He was a member of Daughter of Zion Baptist Church, founder of Cenla Little League, member of Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F.A.A,Y.M., and a school bus driver for RPSB.

Lionell is preceded in death by his father: Edward Piper, Sr., mother: Irene Carpenter Piper, wife: Darnell J. Piper, daughter: Lynee Danielle Piper, sisters: Frankie Piper and Alice Carter, brothers: Edward Piper, Jr., Jimmy Piper, Sr., and Michael D. Piper.

Lionell leaves to cherish his memories – daughter: Gineane Watts, sons: Larry Lionell Piper (Melodie Piper)) and Lamont Charles Piper (Latoya Williams-Piper), brothers: David Piper, Robert Piper, Sr., Frank Piper, Gary Piper, Sr., and Wallace Piper, sisters: Betty Clark, Cary Seymour, and Nina Washington, along with 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.