Schley-Coffee-Upson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Slade, William Samuel April 15, 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 April 14, 2007, 10:40 am The Ellaville Sun Friday, April 24, 1942 No. 7 WILL SLADE FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Funeral services were held at Douglas last Thursday for William Samuel Slade, prominent business man and church leader of that city and a former resident of Ellaville, who died at the hospital there Wednesday morning after a long illness. The Rev. Wade E. Scott officiated, and was assisted by the Rev. B.E. Donehoo. For the past 20 years he has been in the lumber business and successfully operated plants at Hazlehurst, Broxton and two years ago moved to Douglas. Born in Zebulon, he was married in early life to Miss Mattie Lou Howell of Thomaston, who survives him. Along with four children, Mrs. Clyde Sinclair, of Douglas; Mrs. W.K. Hurst, of Indianapolis; T.E. Slade, of Baxley and Will S. Slade, Jr., U.S. Navy; four brothers, Arthur, of Edgefield, S.C.; Luther of Roberta; Jeff of Thomaston, and Ben of Brunswick, three sisters, Mrs. Albert Whittle, of Savannah; Mrs. A.A. Howell, of Lake City, Mrs. Lizzie McCord, of Pelham and four grandchildren. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/obits/s/slade9798ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb