Moses Wright

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Moses married Liddie Cole about 1845 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Liddie (daughter of Jessee Cole and Celia Brown) was born about 1825 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Celia A. Scott about 1876. Celia (daughter of George W. Scott and Anna Cole) was born on 11 Dec 1840 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 Sep 1931 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Shady Valley, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Girdie Belle McEwen on 11 Aug 1907 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Girdie (daughter of Hiram Alexander McEwen and Mary Safronia Allen) was born in Dec 1882 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died about 1977 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Shady Valley, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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VINTON, VA — Ruby Chloe Wright Testerman, 95, of Vinton, Virginia, completed her earthly journey on Monday, February 29, 2016, in Roanoke, Virginia.

She was living self-reliantly until the onset of a sudden illness in December of 2015. She was born in Shady Valley, Tennessee, on May 17, 1920, the next to last of seven children, to Girdie Belle McEwen Wright and Allen Jesse Wright, on the farm that has been in the family since 1789. Ruby Testerman's calling to care for others has been lived out as a mother and as a nurse on three continents, including Africa, in addition to Europe and North America. Ruby served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Nurse Corps in Swindon, England during World War II, attending to soldiers wounded in The Battle of the Bulge.

Ruby completed registered nursing training at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia. She continued her education at both the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Virginia. From 1954-1987, she worked competently and compassionately as a public health nurse with the Roanoke County Health Department. In her retirement years, she traveled far and wide, as well as donating much volunteer time to church and charitable organizations, making new friends along the way.

She was the last surviving of the seven children. Her siblings were: Kyle Wright, Walter Preston Wright, Retha Morley McKee, Lena Ruth Douglas, Letha Sluder and Haynes Wright.

She was one of a long line of strong matriarchs. To know Ruby was to know her mother and her Grandmother McEwen. Her mind for details suited her to being the family genealogist, oral historian and storyteller. She was married for 23 years to Virgil Lee Testerman (d. January 2, 1972).

Survivors include Michael Lee Testerman and family friend Miriam Daughtry of Richmond, Virginia; and Dennis Eugene Testerman and wife Paula Meador Testerman of Concord, North Carolina. She is also survived by sisters-in-law Eva Testerman and Chrysteen Wright, as well as numerous cousins, nephews and nieces, with whom she has maintained extensive personal ties.

Family visitation will be held at Oakey's Funeral Services-Vinton, from 2 - 4 p.m. and 6 - 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 3.

A celebration of Ruby's life will be held on Friday, March 4 at 11 a.m., at Vinton Baptist Church, where she was an active member for 62 years.

Family visitation will also be held at Mountain City Funeral Home, 224 S. Church Ave., Mountain City, TN from 6 - 8 p.m. on Friday, March 4. Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Shady Valley, Tennessee at the old Gentry Cemetery (Shady Valley Memorial Gardens) on US 421.