TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - John Mason Slade, 19 Apr 1939 ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the Virginia USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Eagle Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net ============================================================================ "Clinch Valley News" Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA Friday, May 5, 1939 DEATHS (Typed as written) JOHN MASON SLADE, 63 years, of age, died at his home near Rocky Gap, Va. April 19, from a heart attack. He had been in declining health for several years. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the home on Clear Fork, conducted by REV. CURTIS JONES, assisted by REV. LEE HILL. Interment was made in the family cemetery. Deceased was born on Clear Fork and was a son of JOHN W. SLADE and AMELIA WALKER SLADE. He is survived by his wife , who before marriage was MISS MAGGIE JOHNSON, of Pounding Mill; one son, WILLIAM MASON SLADE, of Princeton, W. Va., and the following daughters: MRS. JIM HARMAN, of Wytheville MRS. C. C. WALKER, of Bluefield, Va. MRS. ARTHUR BAILEY, of Princeton, W. Va MRS. RALPH HARMAN, of Elkton, Maryland MRS. JOE RICHARDSON, of Rocky Gap The following brothers and sisters: W. P. SLADE of Shawver Mill (William Prior Slade) D. F. SLADE, of Shawver Mill (D. Franklin ‘Doc’ Slade) C.O. SLADE of Shawver Mill (Charles Otis Slade) G. W. SLADE, of Bluefield, Va, Gratton Wysor ‘Grat’ Slade)( G. M. SLADE, of Bluefield, W.Va. (Giles Monroe Slade) G. T. SLADE, of Hammond, Indiana (George Thomason Slade LUCY SLADE, of Shawver Mill (Lucy Virginia Slade) SALLIE SLADE, of Shawver Mill (Sallie Harriett Slade) (John Mason Slade, s/o John Williams Slade & Permelia Ann ‘Amelia’ Walker who was the d/o Samuel Wlaker & Sallie Caldwell. John Mason Slade married Margaret A. Johnson) Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net April 2002