Clifton Dwight Slough, 76, of Vienna, VA died Saturday, January 10, 2009.

He was born in Glasgow in 1932, a son of the late Alexander A. and Viola Bunch Slough.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Carolyn Jarvis Slough and a sister, Hilda Mae Reynolds.

He attended Glasgow Elementary School and Natural Bridge High School. Mr. Slough graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1955 with a Civil Engineering degree.

In 1997 he was awarded lifetime membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers for his career achievements. He worked for Southern Railway System and in the Army Corp of Engineers. He had been employed by District of Columbia and the Federal Government as Civil Engineer. He retired from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 1992.

Mr. Slough had resided in many locations: San Francisco, CA, Atlanta, GA and northern VA.

Surviving are his children, Stephanie Elaine Slough of Vienna and Clifton Christopher Slough of Arlington; brothers and sisters: Jackson A. Slough, Sr. (Elizabeth) of Lexington, Vernelle Walker (Harold) of Roanoke and Melvin Lloyd Slough (Bernice) of Glasgow.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2009 at Jackson Memorial Hall with Chaplin Jim Park officiating. Burial will follow in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 - 6 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.