ROSIE L SLAUGHTER

July 12, 1928 - June 12, 2010

Rosie L. Slaughter, 81, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Bradley Royale Health Care Center. Visitation will be Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 11:00 A.M until time of Funeral Services at 12:00 P.M. at Gethsemane Gardens Missionary Baptist Church, Kankakee, IL. Reverend Ervin Marshall and Reverend Johnny Robinson will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Rosie L. Slaughter was born July 12, 1928 in Chicago, IL, the twelfth of thirteen children born to the union of Matthew and Callie Oden Barnes. She was a member of Gethsemane Gardens Missionary Baptist Church where she served as a Church Mother. Ms. Slaughter retired from Manteno Veterans Home after 15 years of service. She enjoyed baking cakes and pies, knitting and cowboy movies. She was also a seamstress. She leaves to cherish her memory, two loving and devoted sisters, Elizabeth Barnes of Kenosha WI, and Geraldine Ross of Chicago, IL; special friends, Mrs. Mae Marshall of Sun River Terrace, IL, Reverend A. Q. Staples and Mrs. Beatrice Nolan, both of Kankakee, IL and a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings.