Okie Jean "Granny" Slone

She was a retired teacher.

Mrs. Slone was a member of the Retired Teachers Association of Ohio and Kentucky.

Her passion was quilting. She also loved gardening, sports and Kentucky basketball. She adored

her grandchildren and was known for her good cooking.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law: Eddie Earl, Sr. and Alice Slone; three grandchildren: Traci Boles and husband, Wade, Eddie Earl Slone, Jr. and Lindsay Ann Slone; great grandchildren: Mya Brooke Slone, Trudy Grace Hare, Dalton Wade Boles, Delaney Carol Boles, Addison Rae Boles; one great great granddaughter: Skylar Brooke Slone; one brother: James Leslie Wright; a sister: Helen Green; special nieces and nephews: Mary Florence O’Quinn and husband, Kenneth, Betty Ratliff and husband, Kenny, John Wright, Rhonda Funk, Roberta Bevins, Angela Rose, Jerald Blaine Coleman, Sally Adkins and husband, Paul, Kendra Ratliff, Ann Green, Roddy Wright, Kristi Sherrell, Brenda Mercaldi, Johnny Wright, Todd Puckett, Amy Gifford, Lisa Tamburro, and B. J. Funk.

She was the daughter of the late Daniel Boone and Callie Rowe Wright and was preceded in

death by her husand, James Earl Slone; siblings, infant Goble Bennett Wright, Martha Jane

“Hoodie” Coleman, Eddison Wright and Olin Wright.

The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2012, in the Kiser-Rose Hill Chapel with Rev. David Gibbs

officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Winchester Cemetery in Winchester, Kentucky.