JAMES BENNETT SLATER
Funeral services for James Slater will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the First Baptist Church of Bunkie with the Bro. LaMon Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the Fellowship Cemetery in Columbia, LA. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.
Mr. Slater, age 86 of Bunkie, passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the Bayou Vista Nursing Home.
Mr. Slater retired from Cleco after 38 years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bunkie, served in the military, and spent summers coaching Little League. He was also an avid outdoorsman.
He is preceded in death by his wife; Ertestine Fisher Slater; his father Sydney Slater; his mother Elizabeth Jackson Slater; his grandmother, Ada Williams; his brothers and sisters, Donald, Billy, George, Louise and Leona.
Survivors include his two sons; Jimmy Slater and his wife Theresa of Alexandria and Michael Slater and his wife Charlene of Alexandria; his daughter, Shirley Rachal and husband Robert of Grand Cane; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday and 8:00 a.m. until the time of service at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday at Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hixson-ducote.com