Centre Reserve Police Officer Joshua Jimmy Slayton will be laid to rest on Friday afternoon with funeral services taking place at 2:00 p.m. at Perry Funeral Home in Centre and burial in the Faith Cemetery with members of the Centre Police Department, Cherokee County Rescue Squad and Gaylesville Fire Department serving as pallbearers.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Perry Funeral Home .
Cherokee County Coroner Dr. Jeremy Deaton says that Slayton appears to have died from natural causes after being found unresponsive at his home on County Road 114 in Gaylesville on Sunday afternoon.
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Investigators, Cherokee EMS and the Coroner’s Office were called to the scene shortly before 4:00 p.m. Details surrounding the cause of death will not be released but Deaton says that there is no foul play.
Josh is survived by his parents, Jimmy and Valerie Grace Slayton, Sister, Kim (Johathan) Kendrick of Cedar Bluff, Brother, Joseph Slayton of Gaylesville, nephew, Rylan Kendrick, his Girlfriend, Haley Hays, grandmother, Lena Grace, Uncles, Jeff (Vickie) Grace, Lewis (Amanda) Grace, Jr., Johnny (Carol) Slayton, Aunt, Martha (Randall) Stancil. Cousin Dustin Grace and his daughter Kindal.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lewis Grace, W.J. and Ruth Slayton. Great-grandmother, Arlene Ashworth of Cedar Bluff, Lewis Grace, Sr. and Jean Grace of Parson, TN and Lula Robertson of Centre.
Slayton’s body was escorted back to Centre on Tuesday night by a motorcade of law enforcement officers and emergency services vehicles.
