A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Mitchell and Minnie Rogers Sluder. He was preceded in death by his son Allen Floyd Sluder and his wife Catherine Shelton Sluder, who died in November 1996.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of the VFW Post 891 and a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daughters, Shirley Brown and Joyce Woodard of Asheville; sisters, Annie Fender of Oteen, Zinnie Bridges of Alexander, Bertha Shelton of Asheville, Willa Mae Silver of Leicester; two brothers, Kenneth Sluder of Alexander, William Sluder of Leicester; two grandchildren, Donald Woods of Candler, Shirlene Brown of Asheville; and a great granddaughter, Sarah Woods of Candler.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by the Buncombe County Veterans Council Memorial Team.
Source Citation: Groce Funeral Home
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U.S. Army
335 Field Artillery - Europe
World War II
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Married Catherine Shelton on April 26, 1941
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A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Mitchell and Minnie Rogers Sluder. He was preceded in death by his son Allen Floyd Sluder and his wife Catherine Shelton Sluder, who died in November 1996.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of the VFW Post 891 and a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daughters, Shirley Brown and Joyce Woodard of Asheville; sisters, Annie Fender of Oteen, Zinnie Bridges of Alexander, Bertha Shelton of Asheville, Willa Mae Silver of Leicester; two brothers, Kenneth Sluder of Alexander, William Sluder of Leicester; two grandchildren, Donald Woods of Candler, Shirlene Brown of Asheville; and a great granddaughter, Sarah Woods of Candler.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by the Buncombe County Veterans Council Memorial Team.
Source Citation: Groce Funeral Home
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U.S. Army
335 Field Artillery - Europe
World War II
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Married Catherine Shelton on April 26, 1941
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Inscription
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Family Members
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Zelma Lucille Sluder Parris
1901–1989
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Roy Cecil Sluder
1902–1992
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Clyde William Sluder
1904–1992
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Charlie Theo Sluder
1905–1988
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Jessie Savannah Sluder Radcliff
1907–1977
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Anne Laura Sluder Fender
1910–1999
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Zennie Elizabeth Sluder Bridges
1912–1997
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Edna Sluder Ballard
1914–1995
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Bertha Sluder Shelton
1916–2003
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William A "Wimp" Sluder
1918–2008
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Kenneth Franklin Sluder
1922–1998
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Willa Mae Sluder Silver
1926–1998
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