Martha Joan Slate

AZLE -- Martha (Joan) Slate, 76, passed away Friday, December 23, 2005 in Azle. Funeral: 2 p.m., Tuesday at White's Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Springtown Cemetery. Visitation: 8am-noon, Tuesday at White's Funeral Home. Martha was born July 20, 1929 in Tiffin, Ohio. She was a longtime resident of Springtown. Mrs. Slate was a devout Christian who loved her Heavenly Father and her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, and one brother. Survivors: Husband, Leonard Slate; daughter, Patricia Rhodes and husband, Sam of Okla; son, Tommy Slate of Okla.; granddaughters, Stacy Baird and husband, Scott of Azle, Amanda Simpson of Australia, Melissa Sisk of Azle, Taylor Simpson Rhodes of Okla.; grandson, Blake Rhodes of Okla.; three great-grandchildren, Stori, Scott Jr. and Slate Baird of Azle; and sister, Jeana May of Ohio.