Obituaries:  Mrs. Beatrice "Aunt Bea" Sandifer, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       S-531
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 18, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Beatrice "Aunt Bea" Sandifer (Photo)

  Services for Mrs. Beatrice "Aunt Bea" Sandifer, 84, of
Shreveport, were held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 14, at the
Central Baptist Church in Robeline. The Rev. Crawford Williams,
pastor of Ingleside Baptist Church, where Mrs. Sandifer was a
member, officiated. Burial was in Central Cemetery in Robeline.

  Mrs. Sandifer, a homemaker and resident of Shreveport since
1940, died Friday, Sept. 12, 1986, at Willis-Knighton Medical
Center. She was born in Sabine Parish, La., the oldest of nine
children born to John Silas Woodel and Rosa Lee Van Veckhoven
Woodel.

  She is survived by three daughters, Thelma Edwards of
Shreveport, Ruby Neal of Logansport, Daisy Wilson and husband A.
C. Wilson Jr. of Mabank, Tex.; three sisters, Edna Cordaway,
Bessie Floyd, and Mertie Davis of Robeline; 7 grandchildren; 19
great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren; and
numerous nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were George Clary, Charles Clary, Joe Williamson,
Marvin Davis, Tommy Floyd, Elzie Woodel, Glenn Sandifer, and
Warren Woodel.

  Honorary pallbearer was Francis Reed "Bo" Woodel.