Jack Sloop

Jack Corriher Sloop

MOORESVILLE - Jack Corriher Sloop, 87, of Mooresville passed away on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at the V.A. Medical Center Hospice House.

Born May 8, 1924, Jack was the fifth of nine children to Vastine and Katie Sloop on their farm on Highway 152, between Landis and Mooresville. Jack went to Concordia one-room school until the 6th grade, then to the consolidated Landis School, where he graduated in 1941.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-46 and worked as a radar man on the destroyer Paul Hamilton, participating in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Jack married Margaret Biles in 1947. They had three daughters, Lori, Amy and Marsha. He worked in the Order and Data Entry Dept. at Cannon Mills from 1964-89.

Through the years Jack was an active member of Concordia Lutheran Church, teaching Sunday school, serving on Church Council and singing bass in the choir. After retirement he enjoyed line dancing with friends at the YMCA, helped plan several reunions with high school classmates and also enjoyed fellowship with the Lunch Bunch at Concordia.

Jack is preceded in death by his youngest daughter, Marsha Murphy whom was taken by kidney disease in 2009 and his wife, Margaret, whom died of leukemia in 1976.

Jack Sloop is survived by two daughters, Lori (Dale) Barbee of Concord and Amy (Steve) Stinson of Winston-Salem; three grandchildren, Katie, Sam & Emma; as well as five siblings, Philip, Jake, Mary Helen Wilkinson, Kathryn Campbell and Doris Cavin.

Visitation and Services: Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 at Concordia Lutheran Church, China Grove officiated by Rev. Kenneth W. Reed Jr. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30-3 p.m. prior at the church.

Memorials: Memorials may be made in his honor to the Good Shepherd Fund c/o Concordia Lutheran Church, 185 Concordia Church Rd., China Grove, NC 28023 or to the charity of one's choice.

Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com