William Michael Sline died in a Dallas Hospital Saturday afternoon. Rosary was at Anderson-Clayton in Terrell and funeral mass at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Martin's Catholic Church at Talty, with Rev. C. Glogowski officiating with burial at Oakland Cemetery in Terrell.

Mr. Sline was born in Orange, Texas Feb. 27, 1887. He moved to the Talty community when he was six years old and lived the remainder of his life there. He was a prominent farmer until his health forced his retirement. He was a member of the St. Martin Catholic Church. He was married to Miss Agnes Talty to which four children were born. He is survived by two sons, Tommie and Pat (Bud) Sline of Forney.

Note: The Texas Death Index has a William Sline that died on December 18, 1971 in Dallas County. The SSDI shows his birth date as February 28, 1878. The 1910 Precinct 8, Kaufman County census supports the 1878 year over what is in the obituary. The census also shows he was born in Illinois rather than Orange, Texas, however the 1920 Forney census shows Texas.