WINSTON DELANO SLATTON WAS BORN ON SUGAR HILL ON JUNE 12, 1944 AND PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 21, 2026. HE LEFT US REACHING FOR THE STARS WHILE HE FIGURED OUT HOW TO LASSO ONE.
HE WAS A WAR BABY; HE WAS BORN NEAR A GOLF COURSE WHICH EXPLAINS WHY HE WAS SUCH A GREAT GOLFER. HE COULD HANG WITH THE BEST GOLFERS IN THIS AREA.
WINSTON WAS THE SON OF ROBERT CLYDE SLATTON AND ELEVYN SLATTON. ROBERT RAN A NURSEY IN SHEFFIELD. WINSTON
HAD NUMEROUS FRIENDS THAT LOVED TO EAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH EVERY DAY AT TOO FAT SISTERS AND GRUMPYS. WINSTON WAS ALSO A TRACK STAR AT DESHLER HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAD A KNICK NAME “SLATTON QUICK”.
WINSTON IS SURVIVED BY BROTHER, WILLIAM DOUGLAS SLATTON; WIFE, CANDY; NIECES, SHARON THOMASON AND TANDY BARNETT; NEPHEW, JEFFERY SLATTON; AND SISTER, JENNY SLATTON.
HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHER, BOYD SLATTON.WIFE MEILYN, SISTER, CLAUDIA SPIRES, AND DECEASED BROTHER-IN-LAW, JIMMY SPIRES.
WINSTON WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR THE FIFTY YEARS PLUS AS OWNER OF SLATTON BODY SHOP. HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE SHOALS. HE WAS ALWAYS ACCOMMODATING AND FRIENDLY. GOD HAS A ROLLS ROYCE THAT HE NEEDS PAINTING AND HE KNEW WHO TO CALL GOD PROTECT HIM.
THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY,
APRIL 26, AT COLBERT MEMORIAL CHAPEL in Tuscumbia, AL AT 1.00 P.M.
