Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
NEWELL W. SLAUGHTER
(Special to The Town Talk)
GLENMORA, La. -- A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Central Funeral Home chapel for Newell Willard Slaughter, 52. Rev. Grover Willis will officiate. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Mount Carmel Baptist near Hineston. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
He died at 7 a.m. Thursday at his residence as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Slaughter of Glenmora; three sons, James W. Slaughter of Houston, Tex., Newell W. Slaughter Jr. and John H. Slaughter, both of Glenmora; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Busby of Alexandria, Mrs. Ralph Gill and Paula Kay Slaughter, both of Glenmora; one brother, J. C. Slaughter of Mount Carmel, three sisters and seven grandchildren.
Friday, September 26, 1969