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Funeral Service |
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Thursday, September 6th @ 10:30 am |
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Wednesday, September 5th @ 4:00 pm-7:00 pm |
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Thursday, September 6th |
ORLEANS – Lois Marie Root, 95, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2018, at Paoli Health and Living Community.
Born June 22, 1923, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of Jesse and Celia (Routh) Melvin. She married Eugene Slaughter and he preceded her in death March 17, 1982. Her second husband, Perry Kendall, preceded her in death March 5, 1997, and her third husband, Lee Root, preceded her in death October 8, 2011.
Lois had been employed at Trav-Ler Radio Corporation. She graduated from Mitchell High School in 1942 and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and attended Orleans First Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, and making dresses for her granddaughters. Lois was a great baker and loved gardening and yard work. She enjoyed spending time with family and riding in Kara Jean’s jeep to get milkshakes, out to eat, shopping, and getting manicures and pedicures.
Surviving:
children,
Lana (Danny) Hudelson of Orleans
Brent (Karen) Slaughter of Orleans
Adrian (Angie) Slaughter of Mitchell
stepdaughter,
Virginia (Ron) Boshears of Bloomington
grandchildren,
Brett (Kim) Hudelson, Darren Hudelson, Trent Slaughter, Kara Jean Slaughter, Jason (Lesley) Slaughter, Jodie (Kyle) Endris, and Lindsay (Nick) Doub
11 great grandchildren
5 step great grandchildren
2 great great grandsons and one due in March of 2019
brother-in-law,
Rex Morris of Mitchell
sister-in-law,
Darlene Dalton of Mitchell
niece,
Jan Dalton of Mitchell
several nieces and nephews
Her parents; husbands; grandson, Robert Eugene Slaughter; one great grandchild; and siblings, Ruth Evelyn Isom, Mary Lou Morris, Edith Deweese, Elva Russell, Lorena Elrod, Noble Melvin, Roscoe Melvin and Willard Melvin, preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 6, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Pastor Greg Matthew officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday and from 9:30 a.m. until the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
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