MURPHY EDWARD SLATER, SR, age 60, of Apopka, passed away Saturday, February 08, 2014. He was born September 21, 1953 in Plant City, FL. He was an Auto Mechanic and a member of the Morning Star Cowboy Church in Leesburg as well as a member of the Gospel Group, More Than a Memory. Mr. Slater is survived by his loving wife, Linda Slater of Apopka; sons, Murphy E. Slater, Jr, of Apopka, Shannon Slater of Apopka and Scott (Christian) Bakle of Louisiana; brother, Theran Slater of Okeechobee; sister, Mayble Powell of Apopka; 5 grandchildren.
This heritage started 67 years ago with Pastor Herbert F. Loomis, who founded the First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1934. In 1938 Francis E. Loomis, son of Pastor Herbert F. Loomis, received his license to practice Mortuary Science and in 1941 established Loomis Funeral Home of Winter Garden, FL. 
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