Sledge, Dee Lloyd

1922 - 1977  (55 years)

• Name	Sledge, Dee Lloyd
  Birth	14 Feb 1922	Jefferson County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SLED.D002
  _FGRAVE	168001191
  Death	18 May 1977	Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois
  Person ID	I22504	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Sledge, George Emory,   b. 3 Mar 1885, Jefferson County, Illinois d. 20 Jan 1966, Aurora, Clackamas County, Oregon (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Riley, Mattie E.,   b. 3 Mar 1890   d. 15 Jun 1958 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F1284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Feb 1922 - Jefferson County, Illinois Death - 18 May 1977 - Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Burial - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dee L. Sledge, 55 of Middle Rd. in Texico a successful souther Illinois oil well contractor, was dead on arrival at 2:30 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mr. Sledge was a partner with his brother Walter in the Sledge Drilling Company. He was born in Jefferson County on Feb.14,1922,the son of George Emery and Mattie (Riley) Sledge. He was married on September 15, 1945 at the Dix,Illinois Methodist Church, to Betty Rose Tate who survives. Mr. Sledge was a Navy veteran of World War II, and was a deacon and Sunday school teacher at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:p.m. at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, with the Reverend Ross Partridge officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix on Thursday after 6:p.m. Should friends desire the family has requested that contributions be made in memory of Mr. Sledge to the building fund of the Pleasant Hill Church, contributions will be accepted at the funeral home. In addition to his wife Betty, Mr. Sledge is survived by two sons David L. Sledge, Texico and Steven L. Sledge of Dix. Two daughters, Nancy Lynn Sledge and Laura Lee Sledge both at home. One grand-daughter and two grand-sons. Two brothers Walter Ray Sledge, of Flora, and Bob Sledge of Mt. Vernon. He was preceded in death by his parents.

  
  

• Sources

  [S613] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Sledge, Walter R. "Walt", 83, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sledge&GSiman=1&GScid=105559&GRid=79283333&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S487] Vickie McCracken, My Clay County Roots, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/c/Vickie-S-Mccracken-1/index.html 27 Jun 2005) (Reliability: 2).