Tag Archives: Chief Bobbie Slayton

These men were a part of our Department, our "family", OUR "Brotherhood" . They are a part of our history ... our traditions.... the subjects of great stories, unbelievable acts and even some good firehouse pranks.

Ok, it was more like a "slide" rather than a grab ... plus we did require a little help from "The Deuce" .

Ok, the past week or so has been scattered and sporatic at best.  Locally, we’ve had two deaths and subsequent funerals to attend to ( Chief Bobbie Slayton and Luella Banks, wife of retired Captain Mike Banks ) so my normal hi-jinx and shenanigans just wasn’t appropriate. I did manage to squeeze in a few posts containing some decent content ...

Working… with a ways to go yet. The past few weeks have been emotionally draining and I’m spent. I have not yet posted the names of the City Brothers and Sisters who filled the stations and manned the rigs so that the B-shift Brother could attend the funeral. Captain Bedwell has assured me that I will receive a copy and ...

I wanted t include Chief Slayton’s  Obituary in case you didn’t hit the link to it in last night’s post. You can tell that it was written by his children and really gives a feeling of the man Chief Slayton was. This was published in our local paper, The Roanoke Times; and can also be found on Roanoke.com  HERE. Bobbie ...

I’m sitting around today going over the happenings of this past week. I’m trying to pass the time and keep my mind occupied but my thought keep drifting to Chief Slayton, his family and his Department family. I think about all the history and tradition that Bobbie had seen in his career as well as all that he passed along. ...

First, I’d like to say thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers following the loss of Chief Slayton. The outreach from across the Country and throughout our profession has been comforting to many. I was looking through some of my pictures last night and came across a few I’d like to share. I mentioned that Bobbie and I were ...

I haven’t posted in a few days because I couldn’t ..I’m not real sure I can now but I’m gonna try … Retired Battalion Chief  Bobbie (I’ve been spelling it with a “Y” by mistake) Slayton has passed away from complications due to a stroke suffered on December 26th, 2010.  The Chief will be missed by many!  His passing was ...