Wise Co., TX., Obits: Everett McKnight Sloan - 1911-2000
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                      Everett McKnight Sloan
                              1911-2000

Memorial service for Everett McKnight Sloan, 88, of Decatur will be at 
2 p.m. Thursday, at Victory Family Church in Decatur. 
Sloan died April 3, 2000, in Decatur.

Born June 10, 1911, in Dallas, Sloan was a retired teacher and member 
of Victory Family Church. Sloan called Wise County home for 80 years, 
although his teaching career was in Florida where he retired in 1968. 
He returned to the Sloan home in Greenwood and became active in the 
Wise County Historical Society. He served as president and then as 
treasurer.

Later, he accepted an appointment into the Wise County Historical 
Commission in 1973. Sloan was also very active in the Decatur AARP 
Chapter.

Survivors include a brother, Young T. Sloan of Lake Kiowa; and a sister,
Dr. Katherine Speegle of Denton. 
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