Sussex-Surry-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Slade, Robert J. Jr., 2000 

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ROBERT JAMES SLADE, JR. 

  Robert James "Mutt" Slade, Jr., 81, of S. 18th Ave., Hopewell, died Sat. 
April 8, 2000 in Health South Medical Center, Richmond, after a long illness.

  A native of Dendron, Va., he was born on Nov. 13, 1918, the son of the late 
Robert James, Sr. and Edna Whitmore Slade.  He had formerly been a Surry 
County farmer and retired as a truck driver for Franklin Equipment Company.

  He was a member of Union Congregational Christian Church, Surry County and 
had attended Dendron Methodist Church and the Abundant Life Pentecostal 
Holiness Church in Prince George.  He was a charter member of the Blackwater 
Sportsman’s Club in Surry County.

  He is survived by his wife Gayle Hudson Slade; a daughter, Donna Leigh Slade 
of Surry; four step-sons, Ronnie Ray Broughton of Casper, WY, Donnie Earl 
Broughton of Hopewell, Jerry Olson Broughton of Prince George and Anthony Kell 
Broughton of Rayston, GA; a sister, Edna Slade Pitts of Gouchland; a brother 
Kenneth J. Slade of Wakefield; 12 step-grandchildren; and one step great-
granddaughter.  He was the brother of the late Mary Slade Price.

  A funeral service will be held in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield on 
April 12 at 2 p.m.  Burial will be in Union Church Cemetery, Surry County. 
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Dendron of Surry Volunteer Fire 
department or to the building fund of Abundant Life Pentecostal Holiness 
Church, Prince George.


Robert James SLADE, Jr., of Hopewell, retired truck driver, former farmer, 
b. 13 Nov 1918, Dendron, d. 8 Apr 2000, Richmond, 
interred in Union Christian Church Cemetery*, 12 Apr 2000, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch," Apr. 12, 2000 

*Find a Grave Mem. #76086685 

His ex-wife, Armistead Maye (INGRAHAM) SLADE, is also buried there. 

Her obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 2003) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/s430a2ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery.  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 


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