Graveside services for Elliott LeRoy Slocum , 72 of Greensboro, GA, will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, November 4, 2013 at Aulds Chapel Church Cemetery in Downsville, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Elliott was born in Monroe, LA on December 27, 1940 to the late Oliver Norwood Slocum and Estelle Malone Slocum and passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. After graduating from Louisiana Tech University, Elliott received his Masters Degree and PhD in Accounting from the University of Missouri at Columbia. Elliott was a professor of accounting at Georgia State University for 36 years retiring in 2003. Elliott was a member of Delta Sigma Pi, Beta Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Phi- National Honor Society, American Accounting Association IMA and the Stewart McCloud Society. On June 4, 1964 Elliott married the former Lois Ileane Twyford. Reading, gardening and collecting coins were some of his favorite pastimes. He has lived in Greene County since 1990. Elliott is survived by his wife of 49 years, Ileane Slocum of Greensboro, GA; sons Brian Norwood Slocum and wife Irene of Norcross, GA and Christopher Elliott Slocum of Cloquet, MN; sisters, Jean Slocum Berry and husband Carl of Gainesville, GA and Barbara Ann Slocum Barnes and husband Edward of West Monroe, LA; grandchildren; Zachery Maxwell Slocum, Sean Jamel Slocum, Sinead Estelle Rume Slocum and Brian Tiernan Oromuromo Slocum. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his brother Kenneth Eugene Slocum and a sister, Floye Charlotte Slocum. Memorials may be made to the Pilot Club of Greene County, Alzheimers Disease Research Fund, P.O. Box 122, Greensboro, GA 30642. Visitation will be Sunday, November 3, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA. Memorials may be made to the Pilot Club of Greene County, Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, P.O. Box 122, Greensboro, GA 30642.