Obituaries:  Rev. Christopher Knippers, Sabine Parish       K-516
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 1, 1966
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Rev. Christopher Knippers

  The Rev. Christopher C. Knippers, 76, retired minister of the
Church of the Nazarene, passed away at his home in Lawrenceburg,
Tenn., Friday, March 11.

  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, March 13, at the
First Church of the Nazarene in Lawrenceburg, with the pastor,
the Rev. E. J. Osborne, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Rupert
Cravens, with burial in Mimosa Cemetery in Lawrenceburg.

  The Rev. Mr. Knippers, a native of Florien, attended Asbury
College at Wilmore, Ky., and pastored several churches across the
country, including churches in Louisiana, Detroit, Michigan,
Somerset, Kentucky, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Hot Springs, Ark.,
Jackson, and Hattiesburg in Mississippi. He was also known
nationally as an effective evangelist.

  Surviving are his wife, Dona Lockwood Knippers; four sons,
Doctor Cecil Knippers, pastor of the Many Church of the Nazarene,
State Senator Ottis J. Knippers of Lawrenceburg, Captain Shural
G. Knippers, chaplain at the U. S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and Professor Harold Knippers of Bethany,
Oklahoma; two daughters, Mrs. Thurman E. Coburn of Bethany,
Okla., and Mrs. James W. Dunkin of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; one
brother, A. W. Knippers of Many; one sister, Mrs. Allen Lewing of
Florien; and 14 grandchildren.