Carl Sloan

WYATT, Mo. -- Carl E. Sloan, 54, of Wyatt died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

He was born May 23, 1950, at Wyatt, son of Zingo and Roberta Branch Sloan.

Sloan was a graduate of Charleston High School at Charleston, Mo., and served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann; a son, Carl Sloan Jr. of Millington, Tenn.; a daughter, Johnna Coopwood of Wilson City, Mo.; his mother of Charleston; five sisters, Mary Mitchell of Sikeston, Essie Greer and Lillian Bankhead of Wyatt, Ophelia Locust and Ethel Sloan of Milwaukee, Wis.; seven brothers, Bobby and Frank Sloan of Milwaukee, Johnny Tate of Hando, Miss., Larry, Lindsay, Jimmy and William Sloan, all of Wyatt; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father.

There is no visitation.

The funeral will be at noon Wednesday at Elm Street Baptist Church, with Ronald Sloan officiating. Burial will be in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, with full military rites.

Williams Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.