Mary Margaret “Lovie” McLendon Slay

Mrs. Lovie Slay, age 81, a resident of Route 2, Ponce de Leon, died Sunday [April 18, 1971] in a nearby hospital. She was a native of Walton County, and a member of the Holiness Church.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday from the United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Leland Adams officiating. Interment followed in the Magnolia Cemetery, with [Comander] Funeral Home directing.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ida Carroll, Ponce de Leon, Mrs. Annie Littlefield, DeFuniak Springs, and Mrs. Mary Snellgrove, Ozark, Alabama; eight sons, [James Alphus] Slay, Indiantown, Florida, [Daniel] Floyd Slay, Darrie Slay, and Albert Slay, all of DeFuniak Springs, Millard Slay, Lester Earl [Douglas] Slay, Eugene Slay, and Odie Slay, all of Ponce de Leon; a brother, [Joseph] Lee McLendon, DeFuniak Springs, and three sisters, Mrs. Lula Pruse [Martin], Mrs. Addie Phillips, and Mrs. Sadie Phillips, all of Berrydale, Florida, 45 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.

[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, April 29, 1971, Page 8]

[Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs]