Reta Jane Slate

1940 - 2022

Slate, Reta Jane Jones

April 16, 1940 - December 9, 2022

King, NC – Reta Jones Slate, of King, NC, passed away peacefully Friday, December 9, 2022, after a lengthy period of decline.

Reta was born April 16, 1940, in Stokes Co., NC to the late Troy and Mattie Jones. She was a long-time member of Capella Church of Christ and the Sauratown Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Reta was full of life, with a quick smile and sharp wit. She was a wonderful cook and there were no strangers at her dinner table. Reta was an animal lover and had a variety of beloved pets. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and had a generous heart for those in need. Reta enjoyed a good laugh-–and these she generously shared with everyone around her.

In addition to her parents, Reta is preceded in death by a son, DeVerne Alden Slate.

Left to cherish her memory is her daughter Melanie Slate Moser and husband Ronnie, her daughter, Joy Slate Brown and husband Brian (Tic), five grandchildren: Morgan Adams and husband Ricky, Amber Hairford and husband Tanner, Sara Gammons and husband Chase, Troy Bottoms, Elijah Brown, and eight great-grandchildren (Jack, Levi, Wyatt, Mara and Elizabeth Adams, Oakes Hairford, and Knox and Ivy Gammons.)

Funeral services will be held at 2 on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at Capella Church of Christ, 1187 Flat Shoals Road, King, NC, with Pastor Donald Davis officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:30 to 1:45 prior to the service.

The family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to those at LifeBrite Community Hospital Nursing Home who loved and cared for Reta.

Memorial donations may be made to Capella Church of Christ, 1187 Flat Shoals Road, King, NC 27021 or Sauratown Volunteer Fire Department, 4475 NC 66 Hwy. S, King, NC 27021.

Slate Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Reta Jones Slate. Online condolences may be offered at www.slatefh.com.

Slate Funeral Home

132 E. Dalton Rd. King, NC 27021