Sloops reunion is Saturday

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The 88th annual family reunion of Jacob Henry Hall Sloop and Margaret Catherine Deal Sloop will be Sunday, July 27, at New Hope Lutheran Church, Kannapolis. Family and friends are urged to attend the 1 p.m. lunch and are asked to bring a well-filled picnic basket and a beverage. The hosts for the reunion are the Grover, John and Mary Sloop families.
Raye Rufty, will be the guest. She has preserved George Savitz’s 250-year-old German Lutheran Bible for more than 20 years and will have it on display. A hand written note in the Bible says Daniel Beaver bought the Bible at the estate sale of George Savitz Jr. in November 1830. Daniel Beaver’s daughter was Matilda Beaver Deal, and her daughter was Margaret Catherine Deal Sloop, the wife of Jacob Henry Hall Sloop. For more information, please contact Amie at 704-591-2999 or amiegoodman@hotmail.com