Been using Microsoft's launcher for a bit now and it seems to do the trick. Love that it retains all the stock features plus homescreen looping. When I 1st installed it, it was real buggy though. I couldn't adjust any of the settings. It's like I was locked out of them. Ended up uninstalling and reinstalling at a later date and now it works just fine.
I tried Nova and Apex, but it was harder to get everything set up the same way. I know it's just a familiarity issue though. But I had used Apex in the past and thought that would have been an easy transition. Sadly, it was not. Oh well. Life goes on, and I'm good to go.