CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Clayton F. Slagle, 3 May 2001
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Clayton F. Slagle

  Clayton F. Slagle, 77, 354 Slagles Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, 
May 3, 2001, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness.
  Mr. Slagle was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Claude 
and Della Lyons Slagle. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Kyle 
Slagle.
  Mr. Slagle was owner-operator of Slagles Tire and owner/operator of 
Slagles Bluegrass Pasture. He was a U.S. Army Veteran.
  Survivors include his wife, Virginia "Dare" Slagle, of the home; a son 
and daughter-in-law, Tony and Gail Slagle, Elizabethton; two daughters and 
a son-in-law, Sue and Guy Ford, Elizabethton, and Barbara "Bobby" Williams; 
seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; 
a brother, Tom Slagle, Johnson City; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, 
Betty and Lamar Harris and Wilma Brown, all of Panama City, Fla., and Theola 
and Otis Merritt of Alabama; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, 
John and Kathy Henson, Jack Perkins and Dr. David Jones.
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

  SLAGLE -- Funeral services for Clayton F. Slagle, 77, 354 Slagles Road, 
Elizabethton, who died Thursday, May 3, 2001, will be conducted at 2 p.m. 
Sunday, May 6, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with the Rev. 
Haskel Ingram officiating. Special Bluegrass music will be provided. 
Interment will follow the service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 
pallbearers will be grandsons, Jeffrey Lethcoe, Jerry Lethcoe, Michael 
Williams, Tony Slagle Jr., Joshua Scalf, Travis Lethcoe and Brandon Lethcoe. 
Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Lunceford, Dr. Jeff Farrow, Judge John 
Walton, Judge Bob Cupp, Carter County Sheriff's Department and all Law 
Enforcement Agencies of Carter County and all his special Bluegrass family. 
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of 
Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home. Friends may also call at the residence, 354 
Slagles Road, Elizabethton, at any time. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of 
flowers may make donations to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682, 
Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick