B. W. Raper's Mother Died at Leonard, Services Monday Mrs. Annie Belle Raper, 81, longtime resident of Leonard, died at 5:30 PM Saturday, October 29, 1965, at Gilbert Nursing Home in Leonard. Mrs. Raper was born May 14, 1885 in Lee County, Mississippi. Her parents were Samuel Young and Zabra Young. She married John W. Raper on August 12, 1905 in Mississippi. She was a member of the First Methodist Church in Leonard. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. J. C. Greenwood of Leonard, Mrs. C. Deets and Mrs. Lois Smith, both of San Diego, California; three sons, Otis Raper of Sherman, B. W. Raper of Celeste, and Herbert Raper of Lodi, California; eighteen grandchildren, (including Sylvia Raper Jones), and twenty-seven great-grandchildren. Services were held at 2:00 PM Monday in the First Methodist Church in Leonard with Rev. James A. Denton officiating, assisted by Rev. Leroy Martin. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Wolfe City under direction of Wilson Funeral Home of Leonard. Mrs. Raper's grandsons and J. B. Yoast served as pallbearers. (November 4, 1966, The Celeste Courier)