Published in the Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg MS) on 03 Feb 1983, Thursday
LAUREL: Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Memory Chapel Funeral Home for Rhoda Gay Gardner, 18, of Laurel, who died Tuesday at the University Medical Center in Jackson after a brief illness. The Rev. Raymond Cason will officiate. Interment will be in Ellisville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gardner, a native of McAllen, Texas, lived in the Laurel area for 15 years and attended the North East High School. She was a cashier for Gibson Discount Center. She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband [John] Steven Gardner of Laurel; father Jack N. Slaughter of Harvey, Louisiana; mother Velma Slaughter of Laurel; brother Jay Niles Slaughter of Laurel; sister Brenda R. Slaughter of Harvey; paternal grandmother Elsie L. Slaughter of Corpus Christi, Texas; and maternal grandmother Clara M. Powell of Corpus Christi.
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Rhoda was in her first trimester of pregnancy. She was victim of domestic violence who was left a paraplegic. The incident took place in Laurel, Mississippi, on December 13, 1982. After about a month in the hospital, she was moved to a rehabilitation facility. While there, she miscarried her baby, whose gestational age was estimated to be 8 to 12 weeks. During a follow-up medical procedure required by the miscarriage, Rhoda developed cardiac arrhythmia and died on February 1, 1983.
Her husband was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was about 8½ years older than Rhoda, and she was his second wife. In 2005, he murdered his fifth wife in Texas, for which he was executed on January 15, 2020. He physically abused and threatened to kill all of his wives.
LAUREL: Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Memory Chapel Funeral Home for Rhoda Gay Gardner, 18, of Laurel, who died Tuesday at the University Medical Center in Jackson after a brief illness. The Rev. Raymond Cason will officiate. Interment will be in Ellisville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gardner, a native of McAllen, Texas, lived in the Laurel area for 15 years and attended the North East High School. She was a cashier for Gibson Discount Center. She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband [John] Steven Gardner of Laurel; father Jack N. Slaughter of Harvey, Louisiana; mother Velma Slaughter of Laurel; brother Jay Niles Slaughter of Laurel; sister Brenda R. Slaughter of Harvey; paternal grandmother Elsie L. Slaughter of Corpus Christi, Texas; and maternal grandmother Clara M. Powell of Corpus Christi.
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Rhoda was in her first trimester of pregnancy. She was victim of domestic violence who was left a paraplegic. The incident took place in Laurel, Mississippi, on December 13, 1982. After about a month in the hospital, she was moved to a rehabilitation facility. While there, she miscarried her baby, whose gestational age was estimated to be 8 to 12 weeks. During a follow-up medical procedure required by the miscarriage, Rhoda developed cardiac arrhythmia and died on February 1, 1983.
Her husband was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was about 8½ years older than Rhoda, and she was his second wife. In 2005, he murdered his fifth wife in Texas, for which he was executed on January 15, 2020. He physically abused and threatened to kill all of his wives.
Published in the Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg MS) on 03 Feb 1983, Thursday
LAUREL: Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Memory Chapel Funeral Home for Rhoda Gay Gardner, 18, of Laurel, who died Tuesday at the University Medical Center in Jackson after a brief illness. The Rev. Raymond Cason will officiate. Interment will be in Ellisville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gardner, a native of McAllen, Texas, lived in the Laurel area for 15 years and attended the North East High School. She was a cashier for Gibson Discount Center. She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband [John] Steven Gardner of Laurel; father Jack N. Slaughter of Harvey, Louisiana; mother Velma Slaughter of Laurel; brother Jay Niles Slaughter of Laurel; sister Brenda R. Slaughter of Harvey; paternal grandmother Elsie L. Slaughter of Corpus Christi, Texas; and maternal grandmother Clara M. Powell of Corpus Christi.
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Rhoda was in her first trimester of pregnancy. She was victim of domestic violence who was left a paraplegic. The incident took place in Laurel, Mississippi, on December 13, 1982. After about a month in the hospital, she was moved to a rehabilitation facility. While there, she miscarried her baby, whose gestational age was estimated to be 8 to 12 weeks. During a follow-up medical procedure required by the miscarriage, Rhoda developed cardiac arrhythmia and died on February 1, 1983.
Her husband was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was about 8½ years older than Rhoda, and she was his second wife. In 2005, he murdered his fifth wife in Texas, for which he was executed on January 15, 2020. He physically abused and threatened to kill all of his wives.
LAUREL: Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Memory Chapel Funeral Home for Rhoda Gay Gardner, 18, of Laurel, who died Tuesday at the University Medical Center in Jackson after a brief illness. The Rev. Raymond Cason will officiate. Interment will be in Ellisville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gardner, a native of McAllen, Texas, lived in the Laurel area for 15 years and attended the North East High School. She was a cashier for Gibson Discount Center. She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband [John] Steven Gardner of Laurel; father Jack N. Slaughter of Harvey, Louisiana; mother Velma Slaughter of Laurel; brother Jay Niles Slaughter of Laurel; sister Brenda R. Slaughter of Harvey; paternal grandmother Elsie L. Slaughter of Corpus Christi, Texas; and maternal grandmother Clara M. Powell of Corpus Christi.
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Rhoda was in her first trimester of pregnancy. She was victim of domestic violence who was left a paraplegic. The incident took place in Laurel, Mississippi, on December 13, 1982. After about a month in the hospital, she was moved to a rehabilitation facility. While there, she miscarried her baby, whose gestational age was estimated to be 8 to 12 weeks. During a follow-up medical procedure required by the miscarriage, Rhoda developed cardiac arrhythmia and died on February 1, 1983.
Her husband was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was about 8½ years older than Rhoda, and she was his second wife. In 2005, he murdered his fifth wife in Texas, for which he was executed on January 15, 2020. He physically abused and threatened to kill all of his wives.
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