5. | Letha Opal Wright (1.Girdie1) was born on 17 Jan 1915 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 21 Sep 2014 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Gentry Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes:
Bristol Herald Courier Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:00 am
Letha Sluder
Letha Sluder, 99, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday September 21, 2014, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
Ms. Sluder was born on January 17, 1915, in Shady to the late Allen "Jim" Wright and Gerdie McEwen Wright.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Sluder who passed away in 2005 and was also preceded by three sons, Herbert, Cline, and Curtis Sluder; and three brothers, Kyle, Preston, and Haynes J.J. Wright; TWO sisters, Retha Morley and Lena Ruth Douglas; and grandchildren, Tim Sluder, and Michelle Sluder.
She was a former member of the Shady Valley Baptist Church where she was former president of the W.M.U. and was a current Member of the Victory Chapel Baptist Church of Shady Valley. She enjoyed quilting and gardening. She was a homemaker and had at one time worked in the Shady Mountain Orchards.
Survivors include two sons, Alton Sluder and wife, Shirley, Shady Valley, Tenn., and Kenneth Sluder and wife, Eula, Shady Valley, Tenn.; one sister, Ruby Testerman, Vinton, Va.; nine grandchildren; several great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Letha Sluder will be conducted on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at 7 p.m. from the Charles B. Hux Chapel of the Hux Lipford Funeral Home with the Rev. Eddie Porter to officiate. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. prior to the funeral service. Pall bearers will be Kenny Sluder, David Sluder, Mark Reed, Blake Grindstaff, Jake Sluder, Daniel Morley, Mike Testerman and Dennis Testerman. Honorary pallbearers will be Emery Blevins, Kenneth Blevins, Wendy Eades, Richard, Tom and Ralph Rosazza, and Kelly Deel.
Graveside services will be conducted on Wednesday September 24, 2014, at 11 a.m. from the Shady Valley Memorial Gardens. Everyone is asked to assemble at 10:45 a.m.
Flowers are appreciated or for those who wish memorials may be made to the Victory Chapel Baptist Church, 1059 Orchard Road, Shady Valley, Tennessee.
Letha married Otis Clyde Sluder about 1935 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Otis (son of Amos Lillard Sluder and Abigail "Abbie" Greer) was born on 27 Nov 1907 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 9 May 2005 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Gentry Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
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- 9. Alton L. Sluder was born on 19 Dec 1938 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 25 Nov 2017 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Shady Valley Memorial Gardens, , Johnson County, Tennessee.
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