Joe Slough

Joe Clinton Slough, 86, went to be with our Lord on Dec. 27, 2022.

Services were Saturday, Dec. 30, at Riley Funeral Home Chapel, Burial was in Center Valley Cemetery.

Joe was born Oct. 13, 1936, to Elmer and Gladys (Lowe) Slough. He was born in Hill County and raised in Gholson and Abernathy. He married the love of his life, Joy Earleen Watson, Jan. 8, 1956.

Joe had many jobs throughout his life but mainly he was a carpenter. If he wasn’t building it or re-modeling it, he was dreaming it up. He always had a set of plans he was working on either on paper or in his mind. Even in the last hours of his last days, he was planning on re-modeling the bathroom in their home to make it easier on him during his sickness. If you didn’t keep a close eye on him, you were liable to catch him on the top of the ladder or on the roof top even at the age of 86.

He loved telling stories about his life. You just never knew how many embellishments he would add to those stories each time he told them or which version you might hear. But you would always hear a snicker when you walked away.

He also had a quiet side. But don’t be fooled, when he was quiet didn’t mean he wasn’t listening, and when he spoke it was something important and you needed to listen to what he had to say. He was a wise man and didn’t give his opinion lightly.

He was called Husband, Daddy, Pawpaw and to some Daddy-Joe.

He was predeceased by his parents, four sisters, his inlaws, Ray and Eletha Watson, and son-in-law Mike Kirkland.

He will be missed dearly by his wife Earleen; his children Johnny and Carla Slough, Debbie and R.L. Roberts and Beverly Kirkland; his grandchildren, Renee’ Roberts, Kara and Danny Buster, Cassie and Eric Lackey, Brandi Roberts, Clayton and Micala Roberts, Marla and Justin Bailey, John and Sarah Slough, Ryan and Taylor Kirkland; his great-grandchildren, Vanessa and Brian, Jaileigh, Macie, Bailey, Baylyn, Keagyn, Autumn, Stetson, Ty and Shelby, Garett, J.W., Carli, Addy, Alora, Carson, Cutter, Hanna, Taryn, Lynlee, Ila, Oren, Katie, Trenton and Wyatt; and many other family members and friends.