Joshua Slaughter

Joshua Lee Slaughter age 19 of Arkadelphia died Saturday, September 13, 2008. He was born march 17, 1989 the son of Thomas Dean Slaughter and Jenesse Harrington. Josh was a Corrections Officer for the Ouachita River Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. He was a volunteer for Friendship Fire Dept., All-State Band for Arkadelphia High School, and Top marksman in his class at the ADC Training Academy. Josh was a member of the Arkadelphia Church of Christ.

Survivors include his parents, two sisters, Chloe Simone Slaughter and Megan Elizabeth Slaughter both of Hot Springs, two brothers, Stephen Lackey and Caleb Kirksey of North Little Rock, paternal grandparents, Roy and Barbara Slaughter of Caddo Valley, paternal great grandmother, Lorraine Duce of Arkadelphia and maternal great grandfather, Robert Martin of Caney.

Funeral services will be 10 A.M. Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in the Arkadelphia Church of Christ with Brother Jim Buie officiating with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Arkadelphia. Visitation will be 6-8 P.M. Monday evening in Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers will be Josh McMahan, Josh Carr and officers at the Ouachita River Unit of the ADC. Memorials may be made to the Arkadelphia Band Boosters.