AHOSKIE – Queen Esther Slade, 82, of Newsome Grove Road, Ahoskie, died Thursday, November 15, 2012 at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Calvary Baptist Church, Ahoskie. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Ahoskie. Wilder’s Funeral Home, Aulander, is handling the arrangements.