Ruth Sloop

Ruth Sloop MOORESVILLE Ruth Howard Sloop, 90, of Mooresville, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at Davis Regional Medical Center. She was born on Jan. 2, 1921, in Iredell County, to the late Henry Durant and Lottie Howard Howard. She was a member of Triplett United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Clay Lee Wilkinson and Pearl Gray Sloop, and two sisters, Mary Bethel Neel and Rachel Spears. She is survived by her five children, Cassandra "Sandy" McKinney and husband, Michael, of Statesville, Tommy Wilkinson and wife, Nancy, of Salisbury, Bonnie Christenberry and husband, John, of Apex, John "J.R." Wilkinson and wife, Deborah, of Mooresville, Renee Holloway and husband, David, of Mooresville; one brother, Robert Howard, of Mooresville; one sister, Elizabeth Shinn, of Cornelius; six grandchildren, Stephanie Smith and husband, Marty, Kelly Vinson and husband, Josh, Heather Christen-berry, Kristi Hewell and husband, Max, Corey Wilkinson, Nathan Wilkinson and wife, Rachel; and five great-grandchildren, Olivia, Emma, Hayley, Victoria and Andrew. The family will receive friends on Saturday, Jan. 15, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Iredell County Humane Society, PO Box 1617, Statesville, NC 28687. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville, is serving the Sloop family. Condolences may be made to the family at www.cavin-cook.com.