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Kenneth Cecil Sledge Sr.

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
23 Dec 1996 (aged 77)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Kenneth Cecil Sledge Sr was born on October 18, 1919 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, the son of George Oconee Sledge Sr (1891–1964) and Ada Gertrude (Briley) Sledge (1895–1971).

He was married on February 23, 1945 to Dolly Amelia Reckert (1923–2006) in Saint Louis, Missouri, and she was the daughter of Paul Rudolph Reckert 1896–1972) and Amelia Marie (Schmidt) Reckert (1904–1986).

Kenneth was 77 years and married when he died on December 23, 1996 in Nashville.

Survivors included his widow Dolly Sledge, a son and four granddaughters.

Funeral Services were held on December 27th at Woodbine Funeral Home, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, with Honorary Pallbearers who included Sodalitan Sunday School Class at Woodbine United Methodist Church and Nashville Elks Lodge #72.


Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on December 24, 1996
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Kenneth Cecil Sledge Sr was born on October 18, 1919 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, the son of George Oconee Sledge Sr (1891–1964) and Ada Gertrude (Briley) Sledge (1895–1971).

He was married on February 23, 1945 to Dolly Amelia Reckert (1923–2006) in Saint Louis, Missouri, and she was the daughter of Paul Rudolph Reckert 1896–1972) and Amelia Marie (Schmidt) Reckert (1904–1986).

Kenneth was 77 years and married when he died on December 23, 1996 in Nashville.

Survivors included his widow Dolly Sledge, a son and four granddaughters.

Funeral Services were held on December 27th at Woodbine Funeral Home, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, with Honorary Pallbearers who included Sodalitan Sunday School Class at Woodbine United Methodist Church and Nashville Elks Lodge #72.


Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on December 24, 1996


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  • Maintained by: Syd Gardner
  • Originally Created by: RLM3
  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175496894/kenneth_cecil-sledge: accessed ), memorial page for Kenneth Cecil Sledge Sr. (18 Oct 1919–23 Dec 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175496894, citing Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Syd Gardner (contributor 47902230).