Mary Lee Shelton Sluder

Mary Lee Shelton Sluder of 97 Alexander Road, Alexander, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at John F. Keever Solace Center. A native of Madison County, she lived in Buncombe County most of her life and was a daughter of the late Ben and Lily Rector Shelton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth F. Sluder, who died in 1998; sisters, Magdeline Candler and Cumi Meadows; brothers, Clarence, Hubert, Wade, Clyde, Ed, Monroe and Ellis Shelton. She retired from Square D in 1987. A loving mother, grandmother and sister, she is survived by her daughter, Hattie Lee Sluder Rockett of Leicester; two grandchildren, Amanda Rockett Maynor and her husband Joe of Leicester, Kenny Rockett and his wife Cinnamon of Weaverville; three great-grandchildren, Chad and Brooke Maynor and Mattie Rockett; sister, Hazel Shelton Anders of Leicester. Graveside services will be 3:00 pm Saturday at Mountain View FWB Church Cemetery with the Reverend Everette Haney officiating. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.