A Celebration of Life for Mrs. Elnater Woods Malone, 78 of Decatur will be noon, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Edward Owens officiating and inhumation to follow in Calvary Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6 to 7 at Reynolds Funeral Home. Public viewing will be Tuesday from 10-7 at the funeral home. 

Mrs. Malone was born November 20, 1938 in Decatur to the late George and Carrie Mae Sanders Woods.  She departed this life on April 21, 2017 at Decatur Morgan Hospital.

Elnater accepted Christ at an early age and was a life-long member of Shiloh M.B. Church.

Elnater was a 1957 graduate of Lakeside High School.  She was retired from 3M Corporation as an operator. She was married to the late Bennie Lee Malone.

She was preceded in death by: her husband, parents, step-father, the Reverend Ellie Matthews; sister, Mollie May Woods; and brother, Ernest King.

She leaves to cherish her memory: six children, the Rev. Karlon (Barbara) Fletcher, Gina Watkins, Michael Fletcher, Tracey (Alvin) Moseley, Vickie Woods (Eddie Taylor), and Christopher   (Lachandra) Malone all of Decatur; two god-daughters, Charlotte (Rickie) Miles of Decatur and Beverly (Clyde) Jackson of Priceville; four brothers, Richard Reed, Ellie (Gladys) Matthews Jr., Robert (Teresa) Woods all of Decatur and James Thomas (Pat) Woods of Lakeshore, New Jersey; two sisters, Mildred Jones of Chattanooga, TN and Mary Ann Woods of Oakland, CA; one aunt, Annie Austin of Hillsboro; one sister-in-law, Alice King of Hartselle; 24 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.