Robert Stanley Slatton, 63

A tester at A.O. Smith, a veteran of the United States Army, and a member of the First Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Faith, he was the son of the late William and Dorothy Vaughn Slatton.

He served as a member of the Warren County Fair Board and a member of Warren County Farmers Market. He ran the mill at Fairview Village for many years. He was also a member of the Tennessee Mule Skinner?s Association and the Seventh Tennessee Calvary, Company D.

He was married to Etta Joyce Farley Slatton of Rock Island who survives. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children and their spouses, Robin Sloan of Clearwater, Fla., Connie and Robert Ditmore of McMinnville, Margaret and David Smtih of Georgia, and Robert and Jamie Slatton, of McMinnville; step-daughter and step-son-in-law, Sandra and John Gilbert of Sparta; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Orval (Butch) Slatton of McMinnville and Al Shull of Michigan and four sisters, Andrea and Jane Shull of Michigan, Jean Flores of California, and Betty Arms of Murfreesboro.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Faith with Billy Nunley officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery with full military honors to be administered by the American Legion Post 173 and VFW Post 5064. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of service today at the First Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Faith on Shelbyville Road. Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 7, 2006