Wise Co., TX., Obits: William 'Bill' Boyd Slagle - 1918-2000
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              William 'Bill' Boyd Slagle 1918-2000

Service for William "Bill" Boyd Slagle, 81, of Bridgeport, was Thursday,
Feb. 17, at Hawkins Funeral Chapel in Bridgeport. The Rev. Roy Faubion 
officiated. Burial followed at the East Bridgeport Cemetery. Slagle died
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, in Fort Worth.

Born Sept. 7, 1918, in Springtown, he was a lifetime resident of 
Bridgeport. He was a retired butcher and owned Finer Food Market of 
Bridgeport in the 1950s and 60s. He was also the owner of Trailwind 
Motel in Bridgeport in the 1980s. 

He married Mary Nell Hunter on Oct. 11, 1941, in Bridgeport. She 
preceded him in death on July 29, 1991. He was also preceded in death 
by his son, William Marshall Slagle; a sister, Hattie Coffee and two 
brothers, Claude and Virgil Slagle.

He is survived by his daughter, Berta Brown Morris and husband Calvin 
of Sanger; a sister, Marie Kennedy of Bridgeport; a daughter-in-law, 
Donnie Slagle Floyd of Bridgeport; seven grandchildren, Cindy Staley 
and husband Danny of Slidell, Brenda Miller and husband Guy of 
Greenwood, Robert Brown and wife Pebble of Paradise, Jaimie Lanier and
husband John of Decatur, Shirley Hoofard of Gainesville, Wayne Brown 
and wife Sarah of Louisiana and Kim Earwood and husband Kevin of Denton
and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Gaylord Kennedy, Dawayne Kennedy, Jim Bost, Randy 
Kleam, Travis Provence, Alfred Brown, William Lee Slagle and Von Lawson.
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