Here is the program from Aunt Inez's memorial service today.
Inez Snell Layton was born March 28, 1921 in Dale County Alabama, to Annie and Albert Snell, the youngest of five daughters. Mrs. Layton passed away unexpectedly May 16, 2016 in Mt. Olive, Alabama at the age of 95.
Mrs. Layton is survived by her daughter, Faye Layton, grandsons Rick Layton and wife Leslie Layton, Tim Layton, granddaughter Cindy Sorrow and husband Lu Sorrow, great-grandson Ryan Layton, great-grandaughters, Christen Sorrow, Hope Layton and Christy Layton, two step-great granddaughters Kim Sorrow and Tyler Sorrow, One great-great granddaughter Lenah Layton (Tanya Layton), two sisters-in-law Carrie Ben Layton and Dorothy Layton. And many nieces and nephews. Special friends Dot Smoothers, Janey Madding, Rick, Regina, Alexis, and Collin Pennington. Mrs. Layton was comforted in her later years by Evelyn, Kay, Elizabeth and Deborah.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Layton, her son, Richard Layton. Her parents Annie and Albert Snell. Her sisters Ethel Redmon, Mavis Matthews, Dorothy Peebles, and Rose Trawick.
Mrs. Layton was trained at Baptist Princeton by Ida V. Moffett as a nurse in Birmingham, Alabama, and served her country in World War II. Mrs. Layton worked in the emergency room at Charlotte Memorial Hospital for many years. She was a dedicated individual who loved her church and community and often volunteered at Carraway Hospital and Meals on Wheels.
A celebration of Mrs. Layton's life will be Thursday May 19th, 2016 at Gracepoint at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Forest Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:30 AM until the service hour.
Messages of condolence may be made at ridoutsgardendalechapel.com. Donations may be made to Gracepoint at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church, 2451 Mt. Olive Rd., Mt. Olive, AL, 35117.
