ky-footsteps 21 Jun 2001 Volume 01 : Issue 67 Today's Topics: #1 [KYF] OBIT: Slone, 2001 - Pike Cou ["Nancy Trice" ] ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 6:03 AM From: Kim Slone [mailto:kslone@erienet.net] Subject: OBIT: Slone, 2001 - Pike Co., KY OBIT: Slone, 2001 - Pike Co., KY ********************************************************************** Newspaper-The Morning Journal-Lorain, OH Date: June 20, 2001 SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP-Elder David Slone, 66, of Sheffield Township, pastor of Little Edna Old Regular Baptist Church, died Monday, June 18, 2001, at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital, of injuries sustained in an accidental fall in Pikevile, KY. on June 6, 2001. He was also assistant pastor of True Vine Old Regular Baptist Church in Akron. Slone was born Jan. 20, 1935, in Pikeville, KY., and moved to Lorain in 1956. He graduated from Hellier High School, Pikeville, and studied at Pikeville College. He was employed as a straddle truck driver for Lorain Works of U.S Steel for 31 years, retiring in 1985. He had previously been a coal miner in Pikeville. He was also a member of the United Steelworkers of America Local 1104. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Linda (nee tucker); son, Gary David Slone Sr. of Lorain; three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and sisters Sophie Slone of Pikeville, KY. and Liza Kindrick of St. Clair Shores, Mich. He was preceded in death by his parents Owen Slone and Pearlie (nee Thacker); brothers Dan, Benny, Mitchell and Clarence; and sisters Nancy Chaney, Florence Slone and Mercy Chaney. Friends may call Wednesday at 4 p.m. and all day Thursday at Little Edna Old Regular Baptist Church, 5160 Bond Ave., Sheffield Township, with evening services scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at 6 o'clock. Funeral services will be Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Little Edna Church, with Elder Hobart Justice, assistant pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst Township. Memorial contributions may be made to Little Edna church, 5128 Orchard Ave., Lorain 44055. Dovin Funeral Home, Lorain, is handling arrangements. End of ky-footsteps-digest V01 #067 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **********************************************************************