Mary Dell Weatherford Slack

Mary Dell Weatherford Slack

Hartselle

Services celebrating the life of Mary Dell Weatherford Slack, 83, will be Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 2 p.m. at East Highland Baptist Church with her pastor, the Rev. Walter Blackmon officiating. Burial will be in Hartselle Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home.

Mrs. Slack, who died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness, was born June 7, 1927, in Forrest County, Mississippi to Sidney E.L. Weatherford and Lela Cagle Weatherford. The eldest of four children, she was an achiever all of her life. She graduated high early at the age of 15 and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert Randolph Slack Jr. on March 5, 1944. They had three children. At her death, Mrs. Slack had been widowed three years. Once separated in this life, they are now together forever through Jesus Christ. Robert and Mary Dell Slack were committed to God and to each other. They together surrendered to the Gospel ministry. They served faithfully together in ministry for 56 years, the pastorate of nine Southern Baptist churches, as well as, several years as Morgan County Associational Missionary. She became a sought after speaker for women's organizations, as well as, for many annual missions and bible study meetings throughout North Alabama. She served with the Alabama State WMU and devoted her life to church work through Bible teaching, singing, playing piano, and doing mission work. Mrs. Slack was a member of East Highland Baptist Church in Hartselle. In addition to her church work, Mrs. Slack worked as a legal secretary, first for Sen. Bob Gilchrist in Hartselle and later for Caddell, Shanks, Harris Moores and Murphree law firm of Decatur. Additionally, she served on the Board of the Mental Health Association of Morgan County for several years.

Survivors include a son, Robert Edward Slack and wife, Shirley, of Hartselle; two daughters, Martha Dell Slack Mooney and husband, Mike, of Decatur, and Sue Ann Slack Hayes and husband, Bill, of Hartselle. Mrs. Slack was the beloved grandmother of five; Robert Slack, Jessica Mooney Putnam, Alex Mooney, Marianne Hayes and Erin Hayes. She was the proud great-grandmother of three; Emma Putnam, Sophie Putnam, and Connor Putnam. She will be missed by her brother; Dr. Sidney Weatherford Jr. and wife, Martha, of Hattiesburg, Miss.; her sister, Betty Weatherford McKenzie and husband, Dewey, of LaGrange, Ga.; nieces, nephews, grandson-law, Jon Putnam, and soon to be grandson-in-law, Chris Campbell, all of whom were very special to her.

In recent months, Mrs. Slack was lovingly cared for by her family and Hospice of North Alabama. She loved and was especially grateful to Amanda Stewart, Patsy Self, Reba Cantrell, Nelda Knight, and Tammie Jackson.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice of North Alabama Foundation or the building fund of East Highland Baptist Church.

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.