Prayers and Good Thoughts Needed For Cherokee Slim (Update)

Ocoee Red · December 17, 2020, 11:53:41 AM

I got this message from Cherokee Slim's wife yesterday evening,

I am writing this to you to inform you that Rich(Cherokee Slim)Wagner is in ccu Memorial Hospital with covid and pneumonia. He will not be active shooting until sometime after the first of the year.
Please share this with the others.
Respectfully,
Ramona Wagner

picket · December 17, 2020, 12:25:41 PM

Damn. Sad to hear that, hoping he gets well soon.

Slim Squirrel · December 17, 2020, 12:38:56 PM

Praying for you Slim. Get well soon.

Squirrel

TN Mongo · December 17, 2020, 02:05:32 PM

Sorry to hear this, get better soon!

Fast Harley 1979 · December 17, 2020, 02:16:55 PM

Will keep a good thought for him.
Harley.

Hurricanecharly · December 17, 2020, 05:38:14 PM

Sorry to hear this, thoughts and prayer to Slim and his family

Dirtwater Fox · December 17, 2020, 06:33:06 PM

Praying for a speedy and complete recovery for slim our thoughts arewith his family

SuddenSam · December 17, 2020, 07:47:23 PM

Prayers up Slim.

Sam

keystone · December 18, 2020, 06:06:39 AM

Best wishes for a speedy recovery & restored good health. May God Bless

Vaya con Dios, Keystone

Marshal Too Tall · December 18, 2020, 08:20:57 AM

Get well Slim and looking forward to shooting with you soon.

...Too Tall...

Yazoo City Gal · December 19, 2020, 04:28:48 PM

Prayers for Cherokee Slim and his family.

Purly · December 19, 2020, 05:09:07 PM

Prayers for Cherokee Slim and his family.

Double Barrel · December 21, 2020, 02:34:53 PM

From Mrs Wagner just now,

He is still in ccu. They are trying to step him down off the ventilator and presently he is receiving 65% oxygen and maintaining low 90s level. I haven't gotten the results of x-rays of his lungs to know how the pneumonia is doing. He is still sedated. They tried to wake him up on Saturday and he opened his eyes but didn't wake up. I just talked to the doctor and he has not improved. Thank you for the concern and prayers.

Ocoee Red · December 22, 2020, 03:57:17 PM

I'm so very sorry to say I've just learned of Richard Charles (Cherokee Slim) Wagner's passing today via Facebook. Prayers to the family.

From Facebook,

He served as a Marine from 1968-1972, and fought for his country in the Vietnam War. He married the love of his life, Ramona, a gorgeous redhead on 05/18/1969 and together they had two beautiful daughters, Sherry and Tasia. After he was discharged from the service, he served as a Tennessee State Trooper, and eventually he answered God's call to missionary service. He and Ramona dropped all the comforts of a life in the United States, packed up their children, and served as missionaries in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico. They carried the word of God to dark and intense places, led countless people to God's saving grace, and experienced everything from living in the rainforest, finding themselves being smuggled out of a country in the trunk of a car, eating snakes and guinea pigs, learning to dance traditional Latin American and Spanish dances, and loving on everyone they met. In his later years, Rich enjoyed teaching his grandchildren to shoot, bake bread, shooting SASS under the pseudonym Cherokee Slim, and singing in his church choir. His grandchildren will never forget the movie nights, meals, and wisdom he provided, or the delicious bread he baked. Some of their most precious memories include him officiating their weddings and being present at any and all sport/performance/graduations they might have had. He passed away 12/22/2020 due to complications from Covid-19. He is survived by his wife, Ramona Wagner, his daughter Sherry Dagnan and her husband, Michael, his grandchildren: Meagan Peck and her husband Nick, Kenneth Charles Shelton, Brandon Shelton, Rachel Timchak and her husband Jared, and Eric Ryan Pike.
Please find joy with us as we celebrate that one of God's good and faithful servants has gone home to be with his Lord. As a final thought, when you get to heaven, look in the choir. He will be there or out on the shooting range, it's a toss up which one.

Double Barrel · December 22, 2020, 04:59:52 PM

It is a sad day and we should pray for God's comfort for Cherokee Slim's family and friends. It is sad because we no longer have Slim here with us physically but we always have our memories of him. We can be sad and maybe even a little jealous, but should not be sorrowful of his passing. Jealous, because he is now in the presence of God and his savior Jesus. He is now free from his physical pain and all the mental pain and suffering that this world likes to put on us.
We will miss Slim and his dry sense of humor at sign up time on shoot days.
Slim, save us a saddle around the throne of God!