The Iberia Sentinel, October 11, 1951 Relatives and friends were shocked when the sad news reached here that Charles R. Slawson of the Madden community died suddenly of a heart attack last Friday at a bus depot in Kansas City while getting ready to return home from a visit with relatives. Mr. Slawson was a well known_____ father having spent his entire life in the Madden community south of Iberia. He passed away at the age of 77 years. Funeral services were held in Iberia at the Methodist Church, of which he was a member, Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Bennet Holt officiating. A large crowd of sorrowing relatives were present to pay their last respects. Interment was made in the Madden Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under direction of Hedges Funeral Service of Iberia. Charles Robert Slawson, son of Joseph and Emma Slawson, was born Aug 10, 1874 and departed this life Oct. 4, 1951 at the age of 77 years, 1 month and 24 days. On Aug. 18, 1895, he was united in marriage to Phoebe Blyze and to this union ten children were born. Three passed away in infancy. His wife preceded him in death in April 1940. Since that time he had made his home with his children and in the Jobe Kinder home. In 1912 Mr. Slawson united with the Madden Methodist Church and remained true in this faith all his life. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Maggie Ferguson of Edwardsville, Ill., Mrs. Bessie Hancock of Crocker, Mrs. Blanche Alexander of Dixon; four sons, Sherman and Everett of Crocker, Melvin of Kansas City, Kans., and Glen of Iberia; five brothers, Wes of Iberia, Frank of Swedeborg, George of Bristow, Okla., Jim of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Claude of Louisberg, Kans.; one sister, Mrs. Mae Morrow of Iberia; 25 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends.