Samuel Ray Slaughter, 90, of Sweet Home, died March 16, 2023.
He was born Oct. 12, 1932, in Stillwater, Okla., to Chester Harley and Winnie Mae (Hadlock) Slaughter.
When he was very young his family moved to Hood River. When he was 8, they moved back to Glencoe, Okla. He graduated from Glencoe High School in 1950 and then moved to Sweet Home in 1951.
Mr. Slaughter enlisted in the United States Air Force in…