Mildred Virginia Slate Pennington

The Lords Chariot came early Sunday morning, December 9. 2013, to take Mildred Virginia Slate Pennington home to be with her Savior. Mildred was born February 20, 1933 in Coalwood West Virginia to Mr. Hugh and Mrs. Margaret Ferguson Slate. She attended Big Creek High school and was well known in the community. She played on the girls basketball team and was president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Mildred left Coalwood to come to Atlanta Georgia to attend the Georgia Baptist school of Nursing. Mildred was a very compassionate and dedicated Private duty Nurse to many patients all over the city of Atlanta until her retirement in the mid 90s. She loved animals and the outdoors. She was always closest to heaven when she was in her garden or her kitchen. The only thing she loved more was her children and her grand and great grand children. She is survived by her two sisters and brother. Anne Belle Sellers, Walter Lee Slate, and Mary Helen Kennedy and her children, Robert L. Pennington, Charles H. Pennington, Terry L. Pennington, Virginia Lynn Norman, and Thomas H. Pennington. She also had 8 grand children and 2 great grand children. She was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be at 2pm Saturday, December 14, 2013 in the Chapel of Evans Funeral Home in Jefferson Georgia. Visitation will be from 12 pm to 2 pm on Saturday before the service. Interment will follow at the Sugar Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Gainesville Georgia.


Evans Funeral Home Inc., 1350 Winder Highway, Jefferson, Georgia. 706-367-5467. Online condolences may be expressed at www.evansfuneralhomeinc.com