The Rev. Leslie Edward Hayden

The Rev. Leslie Edward Hayden, 87, died Monday, June 8, 2009 at his home. He was the last of the William and Julia Hayden family and was a member of the Church of God on Matson Drive in Marion. He was of veteran of WW II and also has pastored for several years in Poolesville, Md., and Damascus. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Agnes Irene Forrester Hayden; sons, Dennis Eugene and wife, Sandra, of Glade Spring, and William Alvin and wife, Linda, of Winchester; daughter, Helen Carol Hayden Hunter and husband, Edward, of Ocean City, Md.; brother-in-law, William Denny of Florida; sisters-in-law, Ruby Hayden of Abingdon, Betty Hayden of Cleveland, Tenn., and Helen Hayden of Norwalk, Conn.; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at Henderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Arthur Chapman, the Rev. Tom Wilson, and the Rev. Carl Forester officiating. Burial followed in the Baptist Cemetery in Glade Spring with military rites by Saltville VFW. The family received friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Pallbearers were his nephews and grandsons. Online condolences may be sent to drhendersonfuneralhome.com D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville was in charge of arrangements.