Obituaries
May 1, 2017

EUGENE SLAUGHTER

By Jacob Runnels


Eugene “Gene” Slaughter, 69, of Marysville, died on Friday morning, April 28, at his home following an extended illness.
He was born on July 19, 1947, in Union County, to the late Paul H. and Opal J. McCarty Slaughter.

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