Henry Sloan

HENRY ALEX SLOAN GAINED HIS HEAVENLY WINGS ON MONDAY MAY 17, 2021 AT YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. HENRY WAS BORN IN EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE LATE EUGENE & JENNIE B. SLOAN. HE ATTENDED SIMPSON ELEMENTARY AND CLEARVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS PREDECEASED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS LONZO, FELIX, AND CHARLES SLOAN, SISTERS BEATRICE RUCKER AND RUBY ORR, STEPSON ANDRE’ MOORE AND GRANDSON KAHLIL SLOAN-DIAZ.

HENRY CAME TO BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT IN 1964 TO VISIT HIS FAMILY AND ACCOMPANY HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS TO JOIN THEIR MOTHER. UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE WAS INTRODUCED TO MILLICENT MOORE AND FROM THIS CONNECTION THEY WERE BLESSED WITH FIVE CHILDREN.

HENRY WAS EMPLOYED AT AVCO, CARPENTER STEEL AND SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT; HE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH. HENRY ENJOYED WATCHING GOLF “TIGER WOODS” WAS HIS FAVORITE AND OLD BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH IN HIS MEMORY THREE SONS; ANTHONY, AARON AND ALONZO SLOAN, TWO DAUGHTERS ALICIA AND ALLISON SLOAN, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A SPECIAL FRIEND AND MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN MILLICENT MOORE ALL OF BRIDGEPORT, CT. HIS SISTER GLENDALE SLOAN OF EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, SISTER-IN-LAW BERNICE SLOAN OF BRIDGEPORT, CT. AND HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 12:00 Noon, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, 729 Union Ave, Bridgeport, CT. Family will receive guests from 11:00 AM until time of the service at the church. Interment will be private.

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