Evelyn Kent Sloan

She was born Nov 9, 1932 in Savannah, Ga., and was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Wayne Kent & Madeline Kent Drawdy , and a grandmother, Lillian Hendrix Kent.

She was a retired employee of Derst Baking Company, where she served as Manager of the Habersham Street “Day Old Bread” Establishment, for 12 years. .

She was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church, and loved animals, and she enjoyed taking gambling trips to Las Vegas. Evelyn will be forever in our hearts. Her generosity will never be forgotten by all the lives she has touched.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Homer Finley Sloan, Sr., 2 sons, Homer Finley Sloan, Jr., and Larry A. Sloan (Debra), a daughter, Kathy Sloan Blitch,(John), a sister, Madeline Carol Kessler Schuman (Mike), and a step-sister, Cecilia Downs, Aunt, Olivia Pagan of Tybee Island, and several close friends, including Mary Sloan Puckett (Sammy), and Shirley Haupt, 7 grandchildren, Stephanie Sloan, Trina Lynch (Jim), Homer Finley Sloan, III (Jennifer), Shannon Smith Samad (Mike), Christa Sloan Henry (Demond), Larry A. Sloan, Jr. (Amanda), Michael Smith; 6 great grandchildren, Tyler Samad, Brandon Lynch, Marialania Samad, Ariah and Ashton Henry, and Mason Sloan, and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Fairhaven Funeral Home – Hubert C. Baker Chapel.

Funeral Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Hubert C. Baker Chapel.

Interment: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.

Honorary Pallbearers: Mike Samad, Tyler Samad, Michael Smith, Homer Sloan, III, Larry Sloan, Jr., Brandon Lynch.