Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 4, 1993 TAG: 9307040240
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE:
DATELINE: BIG ISLAND LENGTH: Short
OBIT THOMAS, CHARLOTTE DAWN SLIGH
THOMAS, Charlotte Dawn Sligh, 68, of Big Island, died Saturday, July 3,
1993, at her residence. She was the wife of the late James Barrown Thomas.
Born in Bedford County, May 15, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Elisha
Sligh and the late Laura S. Sligh. Mrs. Thomas was a member of big Island
Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Patsy Thomas Hardy, Bedford;
one foster son, Russell Rice, Big Island; three sisters, Bessie Eckard,
Bedford, Hazel McFadden, Glasgow, and Dorothy Coleman of Jarrett; seven
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be
conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, in Big Island Cemetery by the Rev. Charles
Edmonds. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Whitten Park Ave.
Chapel Sunday and at other times at the residence. Memorial contributions may
be made to the Big Island Rescue Squad.
by CNB