Clara Marie Rice

Clara Marie Slaughter, age 93, of Prairie Grove, Arkansas passed away March 25, 2014 in Prairie Grove. She was born September 21, 1920 in Prairie Grove to Ben and Cassie Blackledge Rice.

She was a retired nurse’s aide and was a member of Black Oak Baptist Church.

Clara was preceded in death by her husband, William Everett Slaughter and two daughters, Yvonne Slaughter and Phyllis Alexander.

She is survived by five children: Jessie Pauline Parker of Prairie Grove, Leon Slaughter and his wife Pauline of Fayetteville, Ernest Slaughter and his wife Jan of Elkins, Everett Slaughter and his wife Feriha of Izmir, Turkey, and Vicki Lee Starbird and her husband Charlie of Tulsa, Oklahoma; two sisters: Mary Icenogle and Beulah Bryant, both of Prairie Grove; sixteen grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Moore’s Chapel in Fayetteville.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, at McCord Cemetery in Elkins, Arkansas, under the direction of Moore’s Chapel.