Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Slade, Kenneth J., 2001 

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KENNETH JACKSON SLADE 

  Kenneth Jackson Slade, 74, died at his home in Wakefield on Sunday, 
August 26, 2001.  Born April 1, 1927 he was a son of the late Robert James 
Slade and Edna Whitmore Slade.  He retired in 1986 from Smithfield Packing 
Co. after 25 years of service; was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II; a 
charter member of the Wakefield Jaycees; a member of Wakefield Vol. Fire 
Dept.; and attended The Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic 
Church in Wakefield.

  Mr. Slade is survived by his devoted wife, Rose Marie Ingram Slade; two 
sons, Kenneth J. Slade, Jr. and wife Dona, of Colonial Heights, and Michael 
B. Slade and wife, Lee Ann, of Midlothian; four grandchildren, Al Slade, 
Brad Slade, Brittany Slade and Braeden Slade; one great-granddaughter, 
Hannah Slade; a sister, Edna S. Pitts of Goochland; and several nieces and 
nephews.  He was a brother of the late Robert J. Slade, Jr. and the late 
Mary S. Price.

  A Christian Wake will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at The Shrine 
of the Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Church in Wakefield, by Father Carl 
DeSouza.  A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at the church at 11 a.m. 
Wednesday, Aug. 29.  Burial with military rites will follow in Wakefield 
Cemetery.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Wakefield Vol. Fire Dept., Wakefield, 
VA 23888, and the Waverly Vol. Rescue Squad, Waverly VA 23890.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge of arrangements.


Kenneth Jackson SLADE, retired from Smithfield Packing, Navy veteran of WW-II, 
b. 1 Apr 1927, Surry Co., d. 26 Aug 2001, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 29 Aug 2001, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127626187 

*His parents are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His father's obit ("Daily Press," July 14, 1967, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s430r2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Daily Press," Dec. 1, 1978) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s430e1ob.txt 

His widow's obit (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 2015) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s430r4ob.txt 


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