Mr. Carl Edward Slater, 71, a resident of Chocowinity, died Monday, March 5, 2012. A funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at a later date. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. tonight at Wilkerson Funeral Home. Arrangements are by Wilkerson Funeral Home.