More detail on this person: Memorial services
for retired Lt. Colonel Murrell Langston Sloan are
scheduled for Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm
at Burks Walker Tippit in Tyler, Texas. Mitch
Shamburger will officiate. Graveside services
with full military honors will follow the memorial
at Harris Creek Cemetery in Winona.
Murrell passed away peacefully on March 9, 2012
at The Hospice of East Texas with his family at
his side and joins his parents, brother and those
he loved in God's great kingdom.
He was born in Big Springs, Texas to James
Langston and Eula Belle Sloan on May 9, 1937. He
is survived by his wife and best friend Shirlee
Sloan, his three daughters, Danielle Lauren Sloan,
Tammy Lynn Burnett and Tara L. Nowlin, and his
sister Patricia Sloan Williams. He is predeceased
by his beloved brother Carl. He was blessed with
eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Murrell proudly served his country in the United
States Army rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel
before retiring in March 1982. He started his
career as a pilot and graduated from Officer
Candidate School. He received his Bachelor's
Degree from the University of Nebraska and an
advanced degree from the U.S. Army War College.
He bravely served two terms in Vietnam as a
helicopter pilot flying his beloved Caribou and
led a distinguished career for the military
serving under NATO in Oslo, Norway. After
retirement he was actively involved with the Army
Otter Caribou Association, traveling with his wife
to many annual meetings all over the country.
He loved travel, good seafood and flying.
Visitation will be Monday, March 12, 2012 between
at 5:30 and 7:00 pm at Burks Walker Tippit.
Pallbearers will be Zachary Wheeler, Jonathan
Christopher Clements, Jourdan Clements, Randy
Nowlin, Nick Nowlin and Royce Lee. Honorary
Pallbearers will be Alex Nowlin and Matthew
Nowlin.
Donations in his memory can be made to The
Hospice of East Texas Foundation, whose staff was
kind and loving to Murrell and his family.
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