Clyde Ray Sluder

Clyde Ray Sluder, 72, of 99 Leet Sluder Rd., Leicester, died Saturday, September 29, 2007, at St. Joseph’s Campus Mission Hospitals. Mr. Sluder was born in Buncombe Co. and was a son of the late Clyde Merritt and Fannie Foster Sluder. Mr. Sluder had worked as a master farm machine mechanic. He will be remembered as a loving father and husband. Mr. Sluder is survived by his wife of 54 years, Shirley Brown Sluder; daughter, Sherri Godfrey, of Raleigh; sons, Rusty Sluder, of Leicester, and Philip Sluder, of Summerville, SC; one sister, four brothers; and five grandchildren, Amanda and Joshua Sluder, Ashley Godfrey, and Colby and Kelly Payne. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK, 73123. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. is assisting the family.