Marguerite V. "Penny" Slade1

(1945 - 15 January 2021)
     Marguerite V. "Penny" Slade was born in 1945 in Washington County, Tennessee.1 She was the daughter of Charles Kenneth Slade M.D. and Marguerite Rich.1 Marguerite died on January 15, 2021 in Hermitage, Tennessee.1 She was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee.1 Her obituary read as follows:

      Marguerite V. (Penny) Slade, 75, formerly of Johnson City, TN and Memphis, TN, passed away January, 15, 2021, while residing in Hermitage, TN.

Penny was preceeded in death by her parents Dr. Charles K. and Marguerite Rich Slade, of Johnson City, TN and brother Charles K. Slade Jr. of Fairhope, AL. She is survived by cousins Don (Mindy) Rich, Memphis, TN; Mike (Beverly) White, Lebanon, TN; Lyle (Sandy) Rich, Henderson, TN; Pam White (Jeff) Murray, Johnson City, TN and lifelong friends Tene and Janie Alissandratos, Alicia Tollison and Rose Nealis.

Penny was a 1963 Science Hill High School graduate, began her collegiate career at Agnes Scott College and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor University. She received her Master's in Nursing from Emory University and became a tenured Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Medical-Surgical nursing in Memphis. She next served as an Assistant Professor of the Dept. of Pediatrics working with the world renowned Dr. Sheldon Korones, who founded one of the oldest and best known neonatal units in the U.S. Penny developed a residency program for new baccalaureate graduates that increased retention of nurses in the unit. She was active in the development of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program and taught physiology and pathophysiology courses. Penny served on state and national committees focused on the survival of preterm infants and taught Outreach education throughout western Tennessee in rural hospitals to develop staff to care for well newborns and stabilize sick newborns. After retirement, she continued to do the Outreach education by contract and was an invited presenter for the National Association of Neonatal Nurses at multiple conferences.

Outside of her passion of nursing, Penny was an avid traveler touring many European countries; several Canadian Provinces and many National Parks across the United States. Her family and friends will always remember her as one of the most caring and generous individuals a person would ever meet.

Arrangements especially for Ms. Marguerite V. (Penny) Slade and her family have been made through Monte Vista Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 1900 E. Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, TN; 423-282-2631.

Published in The Commercial Appeal from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2021.1

Citations

  1. [S8] Obituary, , Marguerite V. (Penny) Slade, Published in The Commercial Appeal on Jan. 16, 2021.

Charles Kenneth Slade Jr.1

(17 July 1939 - 23 March 2010)
     Charles Kenneth Slade Jr. was born on July 17, 1939 in Washington County, Tennessee.2,3 He was the son of Charles Kenneth Slade M.D. and Marguerite Rich.2
     Charles married second Francia M. Hicks.4 The daughter of Bonnie Annie Laurie Fondren and Guy Willis Hicks.4 Charles died on March 23, 2010 in Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama, at age 70.3,5

Citations

  1. [S1925] U.S. Dept of V eterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Charles K Slade, b Jul 17, 1939, d Mar 2010.
  2. [S8626] 1940 US Census of Washington County, Tennessee, ED 90-21, sh 2-B, lines 70-72, fam 17, CVharles K Slade, Marguerite V & Charles Kenneth, Jr.
  3. [S17] Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, Charles K. Slade, 1939-2010.
  4. [S8] Obituary, , Fran Faust Slade, published Oct 7, 2010 in the Press Register Newspaper, Mobile, Alabama.
  5. [S1925] U.S. Dept of V eterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Charles K Slade, b Jul 17, 1939, d Mar 23, 2010.