Slade Owens Gilley

Slade Owens Gilley, 11, of rural Lake City, died in a home accident on Saturday, November 29, 2014.

Slade was born in Jonesboro and lived in the Lake City area all of his life. He was a 5th grader at Riverside West Elementary School where he was a member of the basketball and baseball teams. Slade was a member of Bethabara Baptist Church and died with his mother in the home accident.

Survivors include his father Gary Gilley of the home;

2 sisters: Shelby Marie Gilley of the home and April Rodriquez of North Carolina; and
Several aunts, uncles and cousins. Slade also enjoyed a special relationship with a couple from his church who treated him as a grandson, David and Betty Curtis of Lake City.

A joint funeral service with his mother Deborah will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in Emerson Memorial Chapel in Jonesboro with Bro. Jarrid McGrew and Bro. Darin Owens officiating. Burial will follow in Lower Cane Island Cemetery.

Cousins will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Riverside
West Elementary Basketball team.

Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at Emerson Memorial Chapel in Jonesboro.

For lasting memorials, the family asks that consideration be given to Bethabara Baptist Church, c/o Betty Curtis, 2503 CR 505, Lake City, AR 72437.