The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., August 1, 1968, page 3

ROY RAY SLOCUM TAKEN BY DEATH

     Roy Ray Slocum, 54, of Route 4, Randle, Wa. a former resident of the local area, died suddenly Sunday, July 28. They had been living at Randle the past ten months and resided in this locality from about 1951 to 1963. He was a sawmill worker. He was born Jan. 2, 1914 at Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
     Survivors include his widow, Dora Florence, of Randle; three sons, Alvin Ray Slocum of Washougal; Calvin R. Slocum of Packwood and Ivan Slocum of White Salmon; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Opal) Wilson of White Salmon; Mrs. Merle (Doris) Reeves of Husum and Miss Sharon Lawler of Clinton, Mo.; a brother, Harve Slocum of Osceola, Mo.; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Beavers of Osceola, Mo.; Mrs. Georgia Baumgarden, Mrs. Jessie Baumgarden and Mrs. Helen Holmes all of Bingen and nine grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be Friday August 2, at 11 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church at White Salmon, with Rev. William Newkirk officiating. Burial will be in Goodwill Cemetery at White Salmon.

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