Obituaries:  Bessie Jane Ford Napier, Sabine Parish       N-160
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 27, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Bessie Jane Ford Napier

  Services for Bessie Jane Ford Napier, 88, were held at 2 p.m.,
Tuesday, February 26, at Midway Baptist Church in Converse. Rev.
William Campbell officiated the services. Burial followed under
the direction of Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.

  Mrs. Napier passed away at 3 a.m., Monday, February 25, at
Highland Hospital in Shreveport, following a brief illness. She
was born in Converse, and was a housewife.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, James Edmon Napier;
one daughter, Laverne Drake; and two grandsons, Fran Kile, and
Oscar Wright.

  She is survived by her children, Opal Wright of Converse, Jack
Napier of Zwolle, J. E., Napier Jr. of Laurel, Mississippi,
Maxine Kile of Converse, Betty Skinner of Florien, Bobbie
Leatherwood of Converse, Carolyn Martin of Many; two sisters,
Mrs. Betty Reimers of DeBerry, Texas, and Mrs. Dovie Roberts of
Arrey, New Mexico; one brother, J. E. Ford of St. Petersburg,
Indiana; 18 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; numerous
nephews and nieces.

  Her grandsons served as pallbearers.