Louetta Slice

CHAPIN – A memorial service for Louetta A. Slice, 74, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at St. Thomas Lutheran Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 215 St Thomas Church Road, Chapin SC 29036 and the Chapin Eagle Club

(Scoreboard fund), PO Box 113, Chapin, SC 29036.

Mrs. Slice was born February 6, 1941 in Chapin, SC and passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015. She was a daughter of the late Harry E. Amick and Vera Lindler Amick. She was a member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church and former church organist for many years. Louetta especially loved her Chapin High School friends in the Class of 1959.

Louetta was Owner, President and CEO of Generations Senior Care. In August of 1962, she received her Registered Nursing Degree from South Carolina Baptist Hospital School and College for Nurses, and she received her Bachelor of Science from St. Joseph’s Catholic College, Maine, with a major in Health Care Administration in May 1986.

Early in her career Louetta was employed at Baptist Medical Center in the Emergency Room and at Rikard Nursing Home where she realized her love for caring for the elderly. She was later a nurse and then the Director of Nursing at the Lowman Home, She eventually became an Assistant Administrator, then Executive Vice President, and eventually the Executive Administrator of Piedmont Lutheran Health Care and Lutheran Homes of SC. Louetta decided to leave her position with Lutheran Homes of SC and open her own assisted living facility in Batesburg-Leesville called Generations. With her passion and guidance there is now a Generations of Batesburg-Leesville, Monetta, Chapin, and Irmo. She was owner, President, CEO of Generx, LLC, a closed pharmacy for assisted living and nursing facilities in SC, and General Partner of Care By Generations - in home care. She was also managing partner of Harbison Hall assistant living.

Louetta was Past Chairperson of the Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators for SC. She received appointment to the board from former Governors Riley and Campbell for 6 consecutive years. She was also a past member of the Executive Board of the SC Health Care Association, Executive Vice President of the SC Association of Residential Care Homes and Assisted Living Facilities in SC, and Chairperson of the Education Committee for the SC Association of Residential Care Homes and Assisted Living Facilities in SC.

Louetta received the President’s Award from the SC Nursing Home Association in 1997 and the Crystal Award from the SC Association of Residential Care Homes in 1999. Louetta was a member of both the Chapin Chamber of Commerce and the Batesburg-Leesville Chamber of Commerce. She was a Charter member and organizer of the Greater Chapin Community Endowment, President of the Endowment for 5 years, and inducted into the Chapin Hall of Fame in 2006.

Survivors, are her husband, Heyward Slice; daughter, Beth Bedenbaugh (Todd); son, Tim Slice (Molly); grandchildren, Emory Bedenbaugh, Mary “Mary-Mac” McGregor Slice, Harrison Bedenbaugh, Salley Slice, Adam Bedenbaugh; sisters, Geri Gambill, Marie Stoudemire and many nieces and nephews and her special companion, her dog, Lucy; special friends, Charlie Goff and cousin, Mary White Epting. The family would like to extend a special thank you to North Hollingsworth, Virginia Merritt, and Rick and Penny Dillard for their love and care over the last year and a special thank you to Betty Pelletier ANP, Dr. Steven Madden, and the many caregivers on 8th floor Oncology at Lexington Medical Center for their wonderful care during her illness. She was predeceased by her sister, Edna Gilliam. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home Chapin Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.