Longtime Seminole resident and civic leader Jameil "Dink" Aryain passed away in Granbury on May 11, 2019 just 77 days after the death of his wife Patricia.
Dink Aryain was born December 13, 1929 to Ed and Etta Aryain in Littlefield. His family moved to Seminole when he was a young child where his father opened Aryain's Dry Goods on the town square. He was always very proud of his father who immigrated from Syria in the early 1900s to make a better life. He met Patricia Denton when she moved to Seminole in 1945 and they married in October 1950.
Dink was an outstanding high school athlete and attended Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship. He served in the military during the Korean conflict and eventually completed his degree. Pat and Jameil moved back to Seminole after his military service in 1952 and they remained there for the next 61 years. Dink was very involved in the community serving on the school board, the city Council, and as mayor. He loved Seminole and thought it was the best hometown in the world. They moved to Dallas to be near family in 2013.
He is survived by two daughters Linda Aryain Robins and husband Scott of Dallas and Amy Aryain Carpenter and husband Dennis of Granbury as well as eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, his belovedwife of 68 years Patricia, his brother Edward, and his son Dwight "Chip" Aryain.
Amemorial celebration of Jameil's life will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday May 25 at Gaines County Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dink's honor to the National Park Foundation or Ellis Island Foundation.
Source: Seminole Sentinel.
Dink Aryain was born December 13, 1929 to Ed and Etta Aryain in Littlefield. His family moved to Seminole when he was a young child where his father opened Aryain's Dry Goods on the town square. He was always very proud of his father who immigrated from Syria in the early 1900s to make a better life. He met Patricia Denton when she moved to Seminole in 1945 and they married in October 1950.
Dink was an outstanding high school athlete and attended Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship. He served in the military during the Korean conflict and eventually completed his degree. Pat and Jameil moved back to Seminole after his military service in 1952 and they remained there for the next 61 years. Dink was very involved in the community serving on the school board, the city Council, and as mayor. He loved Seminole and thought it was the best hometown in the world. They moved to Dallas to be near family in 2013.
He is survived by two daughters Linda Aryain Robins and husband Scott of Dallas and Amy Aryain Carpenter and husband Dennis of Granbury as well as eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, his belovedwife of 68 years Patricia, his brother Edward, and his son Dwight "Chip" Aryain.
Amemorial celebration of Jameil's life will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday May 25 at Gaines County Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dink's honor to the National Park Foundation or Ellis Island Foundation.
Source: Seminole Sentinel.
Longtime Seminole resident and civic leader Jameil "Dink" Aryain passed away in Granbury on May 11, 2019 just 77 days after the death of his wife Patricia.
Dink Aryain was born December 13, 1929 to Ed and Etta Aryain in Littlefield. His family moved to Seminole when he was a young child where his father opened Aryain's Dry Goods on the town square. He was always very proud of his father who immigrated from Syria in the early 1900s to make a better life. He met Patricia Denton when she moved to Seminole in 1945 and they married in October 1950.
Dink was an outstanding high school athlete and attended Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship. He served in the military during the Korean conflict and eventually completed his degree. Pat and Jameil moved back to Seminole after his military service in 1952 and they remained there for the next 61 years. Dink was very involved in the community serving on the school board, the city Council, and as mayor. He loved Seminole and thought it was the best hometown in the world. They moved to Dallas to be near family in 2013.
He is survived by two daughters Linda Aryain Robins and husband Scott of Dallas and Amy Aryain Carpenter and husband Dennis of Granbury as well as eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, his belovedwife of 68 years Patricia, his brother Edward, and his son Dwight "Chip" Aryain.
Amemorial celebration of Jameil's life will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday May 25 at Gaines County Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dink's honor to the National Park Foundation or Ellis Island Foundation.
Source: Seminole Sentinel.
Dink Aryain was born December 13, 1929 to Ed and Etta Aryain in Littlefield. His family moved to Seminole when he was a young child where his father opened Aryain's Dry Goods on the town square. He was always very proud of his father who immigrated from Syria in the early 1900s to make a better life. He met Patricia Denton when she moved to Seminole in 1945 and they married in October 1950.
Dink was an outstanding high school athlete and attended Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship. He served in the military during the Korean conflict and eventually completed his degree. Pat and Jameil moved back to Seminole after his military service in 1952 and they remained there for the next 61 years. Dink was very involved in the community serving on the school board, the city Council, and as mayor. He loved Seminole and thought it was the best hometown in the world. They moved to Dallas to be near family in 2013.
He is survived by two daughters Linda Aryain Robins and husband Scott of Dallas and Amy Aryain Carpenter and husband Dennis of Granbury as well as eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, his belovedwife of 68 years Patricia, his brother Edward, and his son Dwight "Chip" Aryain.
Amemorial celebration of Jameil's life will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday May 25 at Gaines County Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dink's honor to the National Park Foundation or Ellis Island Foundation.
Source: Seminole Sentinel.
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