Dale County AlArchives Obituaries.....Slaughter, Dow Perry March 15 1960
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The Southern Star , March 19, 1959
40 Years Ago, March 19, 1959....Reprinted Mar. 17, 1999

Dr D.P. Slaughter Dies Sunday After A Long Illness

  Dr. Dow Perry, Slaughter, Sr., 82, a minister in the Alabama
Methodist Conference since 1899,died in a local hospital Sunday
following a long illness.
  Dr. Slaughter, highly revered in the community, had resided in Ozark with 
Mrs. Slaughter, by, whom 'he is survived, since his retirement from the 
ministry in
1948. He was born in Lagrange, Georgia, on May 3, 1876, the son of Rebecca 
Perry and Thomas J. Slaughter. He was a graduate of Southern Methodist College 
at
Greensboro, Alabama, which is now Birmingham-Southern in Birmingham. He entered 
the ministry in 1899, and since that time has served twice as pastor oŁ the
first Methodist Church in Ozark, for three years beginning in 1913, and from 
November, 1945, until his retirement in 1948.
  Dr. Slaughter was a former district superintendent of the Pensacola, Eufaula, 
Selma and Montgomery Methodist districts. He preached tor 49 years and had
held pastorates in DeFuniak Springs, Marianna, Pensacola, Andalusia, Auburn, 
Dothan, Mobile and Montgomery.
  He was a member of the First Methodist Church, here. teacher of the Men's 
Bible Class, and an honorary member of the church's official board. Active in 
civic affairs, he was a Master Mason, a member of the 0zark Kiwanis Club, and 
served as president of the CowiKee Men's Club.
  Dr. Slaughter is survived by his widow, the former Mary Leila Owens of 
Loflin, Alabama, in Russell County, by one son, Dow Perry Slaughter, Jr., of 
Spartanburg, S, C., three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Lee of Louisville, Alabama,
Mrs. Jack Hand, of Jacksonville, Florida, and Miss Julia Lee Slaughter of 
Montgomery; three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the First Methodist 
Church. Officiating were the church's pastor, the Rev. Warren I. Lindsay, Dr. 
A. E. Shafer, Chipley, Florida, Rev. Louie Wilson,pastor of Westview Methodist
Church in Ozark, and Rev. Marvin K. Vickers of Troy. Interment was in Westview 
Cemetery with Holman Funeral Home directing.
  Honorary pallbearers included Dr. G. R. Smith, Marion W. Redd, and members of 
the Methodist Church Board of Stewards, the Kiwanis Club, and the Cowikee
Men's Club. Active pallbearers were W.V. Drew, Foster Hardenm Sam Carroll, Jr., 
John Carroll, George Dunn, Victor Taylor, Sterling Williford,, and H.L. Ho;man, 
Jr.

   * Dow Perry Slaughter b May 3, 1876 d Mar. 15, 1959.
   *Mary Leila Slaughter b Sept. 14, 1974 d Jan. 29, 1960.

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