Ella Dora
Posted: March 24, 2017
COLUMBUS — Ella Ree Slaughter Dora, 80, died March 16, 2017, at Aurora Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Canaan MB Church with the Rev. Jimmy Pounds officiating. Burial will follow in Harrison Grove Church Cemetery. Visitation is from noon-5 p.m. today at Century Hairston Funeral Home. Mrs. Dora was born July 9, 1936, to the late Ethel Jackson Slaughter and Ollie Slaughter. She was previously employed with Foliage Nursery. She was a member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church. She is survived by her children, Henry Slaughter of Tupelo and Ruthier Slaughter and R.C. Slaughter, both of Columbus; sisters, Mattie B. Bentley of Belleville, Michigan, Minnie Pearl Wells of Columbus and Ella Jones of Brooksville; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Von Hunter, Richard Jones, Robert Millerbrook, Marcus Jamison, David Slaughter, Joshua Slaughter and Dudley Slaughter.