Joyce Sloan

Joyce Sloan

1926-2016

Services for Joyce G. Adkins Sloan, 89, of Grand Saline, were held June 24, 2016, at Bartley Funeral Home with Kyle White officiating. 

Interment was in Woodside Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home.

Mrs. Sloan died Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Canton.  She was born on Oct. 11, 1926, to Jule A. and Claudia G. Riggs Adkins. 

She was a member of the Grand Saline Church of Christ and a lifelong resident of Grand Saline. She graduated third in her class from Grand Saline High School in 1943.  She attended Rutherford Business School in Dallas and obtained her first job at Moshee Steel Company on Maple Avenue in Dallas.

She returned to Grand Saline where she volunteered with the Red Cross at the Old Fire Hall during World War II.  Alongside other community members, she took part in welcoming and hosting some of the 2,000 British pilots who trained in Terrell during this time.  After the war, she married returning Marine veteran Cecil Odell “Boley” Sloan.  They had three children, Celia, Wayne and Lynne. She owned and operated her own business, Merle Norman Cosmetics and Gift Galleria, Too, for 30 plus years with locations in Canton and Grand Saline.  She retired in 2011 and spent her time gardening.  She was a member of “The Friends of the Old School.” She also loved to travel and was fortunate enough to visit many states and several foreign countries over the years.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, C.O. Boley Sloan in 2001; parents, Jule and Claudia Adkins; and brothers, Truman Adkins and Porter Adkins.

She is survived by her children, Celia, Wayne and Lynne; grandchildren, Ben, Celena and Krystal; great-grandchildren, Ty, Sloan and Jesse; brother, Bob Adkins; daughter-in-law, Sherry; son-in-law, David; grandson-in-law, Jamie; and two close family friends, Judy Stone and James Heflin.

Pallbearers were Wylie Garland, Danny Milam, Nick W. Adkins, Jeff Adkins, Seth Adkins, Ben Sloan, Phil Sloan and Roddy Sloan.

Honorary pallbearers were members of the Grand Saline Church of Christ.

In lieu of flowers, please make any memorial contributions to Woodside Cemetery or Creagleville Cemetery in Grand Saline.