Hopkins Co., TX - Obit: W. H. Slayton ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck <1224be@neto.com> USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** W. H. Slayton dropped dead in Fort Worth Tuesday of last week. His remains were shipped to Como, with burial at Forest Academy cemetery. Mr. Slayton lived near Como for many years. He had been making his home at Portales, N. M., for two years and had been in bad health fro some time and was on his way home from Hot Springs when death overtook him suddenly. He as the father of Walter Slayton who lives near Como. ( Sulphur Springs Gazette, Fri., May 9, 1908)