Afton McKinney

A 76-year-old Prineville woman died in a car crash Friday morning on the Powell Butte Highway about three miles south of the U.S. Highway 126 junction.

At around 6 a.m., Crook County officers received a call from Prineville resident Debra Lynn Ivie, 56, reporting a crash. Ivie had been headed south in her 2005 Hyundai when she failed to negotiate a left curve and lost control of the car. The vehicle traveled off road until it hit several trees. Ivie was traveling with her mother, Afton Slaughter, 76.

Crook County 911 dispatchers used phone mapping software to pinpoint the vehicle’s location, and emergency responders were able to find the car 15 minutes after the call. Ivie was taken to St. Charles Redmond with non-life-threatening injuries. Slaughter was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both Ivie and Slaughter were using seat belts, and the car’s airbags deployed at the time of the accident.

Bend Bulletin October 1, 2011

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Afton (McKinney) Slaughter, 76 of Prineville, passed away September 30, 2011. In accordance with her wishes no service will be held.

Afton was born August 13, 1935 in Rockford, Idaho to Herb and Ethel )Proctor) McKinney. She graduated high school in Blackfoot, Idaho, then moved to Central Oregon and started a family. She worked at the Greyhound Bus Depot in Redmond off and on for a number of years, as well as Wal-Mart, until retirement in 1995. Afton married Lee Slaughter on April 28, 1996.

Afton enjoyed fishing, going to casinos and spending time with her family.

Afton is survived by her daughter, Debra (Michael) Ivie of Redmond; brother, Duane McKinney of Portland, Oregon; sister, Thelma Hennebold of Pingree, Idaho' two grandchildren Daryl and Bryan Ivie; and two great-grandchildren, Haley and Nicolas Ivie.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Slaughter, her parents, three brothers Hubert, Lee and Clayton McKinney and four sisters, Gladys McKinney Sjostrom, Marjorie McKinney, Irene McKinney Richardson, and Clarice McKinney Repetowski.

Whispering Pines Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Prineville Central Oregonian, October 7, 2011, www.centraloregonian.com.

Afton's obituary does not specify her final resting place.