Robert Thompson Slappey

SUMMERFIELD – Robert Thompson Slappey, 73, passed away December 30, 2022 at Moses Cone Hospital.

Arrangements will be held privately.

He was born in East Point, Georgia (Fulton County) on September 1, 1949 to Gordon Pierce Slappey and Ruby Kate Thompson.

He formerly worked in Child Care Development at St. Joseph Children’s Treatment Center in Dayton, OH.

Robert served his country faithfully with the United States AirForce.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Josephine Hubbs Slappey and brother John Slappey.

Survivors include children, Robert Scott Slappey and Holly Slappey; sister, Kay Peterson; 3 grandchildren; a host of relatives and friends.

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”…my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.”

- Psalm 88:9

“You will loose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also good news. They live forever  in your heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly. -that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with a limp.”

- Anne Lamott 

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to love with it. You will heal and rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.

- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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