Emma Lou Slate

Emma Lou Slate, 85, a retired school secretary, loving mother and grandmother, passed from this life, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, in Azle.Funeral: 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 21 at the Springtown Church of Christ.Interment: Cottondale Cemetery.Visitation: 6 to 8 P.M. Friday, November 20 at the funeral home.Memorials: Alzheimer's Association, 101 Summit Ave., Suite 300, Fort Worth, 76102, in lieu of flowers. Born in Cottondale on October 13, 1924 to Robert Bruce and Lela Nevada Morehead Banks, Emma Lou was the youngest of nine children. She graduated from Paradise High School in 1943 and married Earl Benjamin Slate on Nov. 25, 1943. They made their home in Springtown. An active member of the Springtown Church of Christ for many years, she was a Christian example to her family and friends. Emma Lou was known for her sweet personality, her pretty red hair, playing the harmonica, her love of cats, delicious chocolate pies, peanut butter cookies, making quilt tops, and her Halloween pranks. She retired from Springtown ISD in 1984 after serving as an elementary secretary for sixteen years. We greatly appreciate Loree Potter, Wilma Jewett, Azle Manor, and Covenant Hospice for assisting in the care of our mother. Preceding her in death were her parents; Earl, her husband of 58 1/2 years on June 13, 2002; five brothers, Alvin, Bill, Burn, Carl, and Joe Banks; three sisters, Oma B. Newby, Ruby Taylor, and Renez Richardson; and grandson, Jerry Lynn Clouse. Survivors: Her children and their spouses, Earlene and John Clouse, Bobby and Tami Slate, all of Azle, Darlene and Lee Pennington of Springtown; grandsons, Tony Slate and his wife, Lindsay of Richmond, Dax Slate, and Tracy Slate of Springtown, Nicholas Pennington, and Chase Pennington, of Abilene; great-grandchildren, Blake, Keanu, Shaylee, Kennedy, Kaitlyn, and Jillian; several nieces and nephews; and many friends.