Lena M. Slaughter
Published 11:11 am Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Services for Lena M. “Momma Lena” Slaughter, formerly of Vicksburg, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home with the Rev. Johnnie Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.
Mrs. Slaughter died Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Medical Center in Southaven. She was 91.
She had been a cook for many years and was a church usher in Vicksburg. She was a member of the Mount Ararat M.B. Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Freeman Williams and Olivia Brady; her husband, Charles Slaughter; and a sister, Mary Ann Cage.
She is survived by her son, Jerrold Brooks of Horn Lake; a sister, Rosie Giles of St. Paul, Minn.; a grandchild; and nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.