[List] Obituary: Burl Slayton

[Cecil Stokes]

***BURL SLAYTON
*HARTSELLE

**

Funeral service for Burl Slaten, 84, [was] Tuesday, March 23, 2021at 11 
a.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain John Tucker officiating 
and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. 
Vis­itation was Monday, March 22, 2021 from 6:0o p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 
Peck Funeral Home.

Mr. Slaten died on Sat­urday, March 20, 2021, at his residence. He was 
born January 18, 1937, in Morgan County to Thomas and Lucille Grif­fin 
Slaten. Burl married his high school sweetheart and would have been 
mar­ried 65 years on April 6th.

He retired from Thiokol Corporation on the Redstone Arsenal after 31 
years of service. He loved the land and enjoyed farming cotton, 
soybeans, gourds and sorghum. He cooked pure sorghum syrup for 39 years. 
He was a founding member of the National Sweet Sorghum Producers and 
Processors Association and was awarded the title of Kentucky Colonel for 
his service and accomplishments. He was a previous board member 
**Decatur Farmers Market and managed the market from 2004 thru 2014.

  Mr. Slaten was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Jo Slaten 
Waldrep.

  Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Carolyn Slaten; sons, Gary 
Slaten (Angie) and Greg Slaten (Tammy; daughters, Kathy Echols (Tim) and 
Pamela Patterson (Mike); nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

  Pallbearers will be Philip Echols, Derek Slaten, Tracy Melson, Philip 
Sharpe, Caleb Sharpe and Tim Waldrep.

Burl Slaten, TC# 3709, worked at the HD from 7/8/66 until the final year 
of the division, when he worked in Building 7741 and had pager #481-T.


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Date: 	Wed, 6 Oct 2021 07:55:26 -0500
From: 	Sharon Turner <sturn04 at gmail.com>
To: 	Cecil Stokes <cstokes at hiwaay.net>



Cecil,
Finally sending Burl Slayton's obit. I don't why we couldn't find it the 
paper or funeral home listings.  If this won't work I can mail you a 
copy from the paper.
Thanks from Betty Bryant.
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