Obituaries Tensas Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Edith Ziegler, JUN 2001 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Funeral services were held for Mr. Ivan Slaughter April 2, in Newellton at the First United Pentecostal Church. Interment followed in Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton. Mr. Slaughter died March 30, 2001, in the Franklin Medical Center in Winnsboro after a short illness. He had been a resident of Newellton for 78 years. His survivors include three sons:Marshall L. Slaughter, Robert Ivan Slaughter, Jr. of Newellton; Lindell Ray Slaughter of Elmendorf, Texas; seven daughters, Clarece Caughlin, Quitman, Louisiana;Lorene Elizabeth Wright, Ball, Louisiana; Ethel Yvonne Collinsworth, Lucky, Louisiana; Virginia Ruth Stevens, Bloomington, Indiana; Peggy Sue Arnold, Newellton; Carol Ann Burns, Waller, Texas; Pamela Dorene Jiles, Jonesboro, Louisiana; and one sister Pearl Ashley, Jonesboro, Louisiana. Mr. Slaughter is also survived by 37 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, and 9 great-great grandchildren.