Obituaries: Mrs. Bessie Knippers Slaughter, Sabine Parish S-423 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 8, 1985 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Mrs. Bessie Knippers Slaughter Mrs. Bessie Knippers Slaughter of Glenmora, La., expired on July 31, 1985, at 12:46 p.m., in LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. Services were in Warren Baptist Church on Friday, August 2, at 2 p.m. Bro. Bud McCullough officiated the ceremony. Burial was in the Warren Cemetery. Surviving relatives include three sons, J. W. Slaughter of Houston, Newell W. Slaughter Jr., (Bubba), of Houma, and John Herschel Slaughter of Texarkana, Texas; three daughters, Mrs. Norma Garcia of Alexandria, Mrs. Dovie Gill of Pensacola, Florida, and Mrs. Paula Brady of Glenmora; six brothers, Luther Knippers, and I. C. Knippers, both of Florien, Arnold Knippers of Springhill, La., Dee Knippers of Haynesville, La., Haywood Knippers of Hornbeck, and Clarence Knippers of Pascagoula, Mississippi; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Garcia of Powhatten, La., Mrs. Effie Knippers of Florien, and Mrs. Dorothy Layfield of Haynesville, La.; twelve grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren. Services were under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.