David Lester Slade (1896 - 1983)

Born 10 Jul 1896 in Brazoria County, Texas

Ancestors

Husband of Olive Jane (Millican) Slade — married 6 Oct 1920 in Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas

Died 9 Dec 1983 at age 87 in Clute, Brazoria County, Texas [uncertain]

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Biography

Lester was born in 1896. He was the son of Prentice Slade and Sallie Gilliam. He passed away on Dec. 9, 1983^[1]. He was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted in the Army on May 10, 1918. He was released on Feb. 4, 1919.^[2] For more than forty years he was a lineman for the Portland Electric Company residing in Vancouver, Clarke County, Washington. After his wife Ollie died, he retired to Brazoria County, Texas. His last years were sent in nursing homes in the area of Angleton, Texas. He is buried in the South Park Cemetery in Houston.

"He was a member of several Masonic Lodges, including the Shriner Lodge in Vancouver, Wash. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Wash."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. Accessed at Ancestry.com on Dec. 20, 2019.
2. ↑ Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Accessed at Ancestry.com on Dec. 20, 2019.
3. ↑ Obituary, unidentified newspaper clipping, Dec., 1983.

• Bateman, Harris, Bateman Family Genealogy, private printing: Tulsa OK, 1979. Page 55.
• Slade, James, "David Lester Slade" Slade Genealogy & Family History, accessed Jan 3, 2019.