Chester Arthur (Slim) Deavor, 71, died January 16, 1987, at Holy Name of Jesus Hospital in Gadsden. A native of Blount County, Alabama and a longtime resident of Etowah County, he had retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company after 40 years' service. He was a member of Gadsden Lodge 236 F & AM and of a Nectar Methodist church. He attended North Gadsden Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Gibbs; two sons, Dr. W.C. Deavor, Selma, and Chris Deavor, Gadsden; three daughters, Carolyn Hammond and Ann Steele, both of Gadsden, and Kay Headrick, Alamogordo, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; a brother, E.W. Deavor, Gadsden; four sisters, Lillian Burke, Gadsden, Virgie Green, Hayden, Sibyl Rutherford, Cleveland, Madge Ridgeway, Center Point.
Rev. Hugh Esco Jr. conducted funeral from Collier-Butler Chapel Jan. 18. Fellow Masons were pallbearers. Burial was at Crestwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggested memorials to North Gadsden Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
Gadsden Times
January 18, 1987
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Gibbs; two sons, Dr. W.C. Deavor, Selma, and Chris Deavor, Gadsden; three daughters, Carolyn Hammond and Ann Steele, both of Gadsden, and Kay Headrick, Alamogordo, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; a brother, E.W. Deavor, Gadsden; four sisters, Lillian Burke, Gadsden, Virgie Green, Hayden, Sibyl Rutherford, Cleveland, Madge Ridgeway, Center Point.
Rev. Hugh Esco Jr. conducted funeral from Collier-Butler Chapel Jan. 18. Fellow Masons were pallbearers. Burial was at Crestwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggested memorials to North Gadsden Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
Gadsden Times
January 18, 1987
Chester Arthur (Slim) Deavor, 71, died January 16, 1987, at Holy Name of Jesus Hospital in Gadsden. A native of Blount County, Alabama and a longtime resident of Etowah County, he had retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company after 40 years' service. He was a member of Gadsden Lodge 236 F & AM and of a Nectar Methodist church. He attended North Gadsden Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Gibbs; two sons, Dr. W.C. Deavor, Selma, and Chris Deavor, Gadsden; three daughters, Carolyn Hammond and Ann Steele, both of Gadsden, and Kay Headrick, Alamogordo, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; a brother, E.W. Deavor, Gadsden; four sisters, Lillian Burke, Gadsden, Virgie Green, Hayden, Sibyl Rutherford, Cleveland, Madge Ridgeway, Center Point.
Rev. Hugh Esco Jr. conducted funeral from Collier-Butler Chapel Jan. 18. Fellow Masons were pallbearers. Burial was at Crestwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggested memorials to North Gadsden Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
Gadsden Times
January 18, 1987
Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Gibbs; two sons, Dr. W.C. Deavor, Selma, and Chris Deavor, Gadsden; three daughters, Carolyn Hammond and Ann Steele, both of Gadsden, and Kay Headrick, Alamogordo, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; a brother, E.W. Deavor, Gadsden; four sisters, Lillian Burke, Gadsden, Virgie Green, Hayden, Sibyl Rutherford, Cleveland, Madge Ridgeway, Center Point.
Rev. Hugh Esco Jr. conducted funeral from Collier-Butler Chapel Jan. 18. Fellow Masons were pallbearers. Burial was at Crestwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggested memorials to North Gadsden Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
Gadsden Times
January 18, 1987
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