Jewell L. Slater

Jewell Lorena Slater, 100, of Mexico, died at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Golden Living Center/Pin Oaks in Mexico.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Jones officiating. Visitation will be tonight from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The family will also receive friends an hour prior to the funeral Tuesday. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Slater was born May 18, 1908, in Benton City, the daughter of John W. and Nannie (Hildebrand) Hampton. On October 20, 1929, in Benton City she married William Stanley Slater who died June 24, 1972.

She and her husband farmed in the Martinsburg area for many years, moving to Mexico in 1949. She was a member of Lockewood Park Baptist Church.

Survivors include one daughter Lorena Davenport and husband Robert H., Mexico, one daughter-in-law, Lola Slater, Auxvassse; four grandchildren, Mona Leonard and husband Gary, Mexico, Shirley Owen and husband Bob, Mexico, Dwayne Davenport and wife Carol, Farmersville, Texas, and Elizabeth Durlin, Auxvasse; nine great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great grandchildren.