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Asheville - Clifford Raymond Sloop, 86, died Saturday, Feb.11, 2006, at the Asheville Health Care Center in Swannanoa. Mr. Sloop was a native of Cabarrus County and was a son of the late Whitson Washington Sloop and Ethel Furr Sloop. He was an Army veteran of WW II and was retired from the Army Corps of Engineers. He is survived by nieces, Cheryl Liner of Black Mountain, Judy Winge of Waynesville, Nancy Abernethy of Charlotte, and a nephew, Steven Sloop of Columbia, S.C. The graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Sharon Memorial Park in Charlotte, conducted by the Rev. Fr. James M. Swatzell. His family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue. The on-line register is available by going to "Obituaries" at www.grocefuneralhome.com.