Memorial services for Joe C. Arthur, 85, of Fort Worth will be at 2 p.m. today at Gambrell Street Baptist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Greenwood Funeral Home of Fort Worth.
He died Monday, June 4, 2001.
He was born June 6, 1915, in Crowell and moved to Southland at the age of six months. He graduated from Southland High School and attended Wayland Baptist University, where he played football, basketball and tennis.
He was in the Merchant Marine during World War II and in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and served as music and education minister for Baptist churches in Dalhart, Clarendon, Amarillo, Mineola, Littlefield and Lubbock.
He was a deacon at Gambrell Street Baptist Church and served on various boards of Wayland Baptist University and Round Rock Children's Home.
He retired from A.B. Culbertson Co. as an account executive. He lived in Dallas for 15 years and then in Fort Worth for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnye, in 1992.
Survivors include three sons, Lynvol Arthur of Glen Rose, D'Nard Arthur of Lubbock and David Huff of Saginaw; a sister, Madeline Weeks of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are under the direction of Greenwood Funeral Home of Fort Worth.
He died Monday, June 4, 2001.
He was born June 6, 1915, in Crowell and moved to Southland at the age of six months. He graduated from Southland High School and attended Wayland Baptist University, where he played football, basketball and tennis.
He was in the Merchant Marine during World War II and in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and served as music and education minister for Baptist churches in Dalhart, Clarendon, Amarillo, Mineola, Littlefield and Lubbock.
He was a deacon at Gambrell Street Baptist Church and served on various boards of Wayland Baptist University and Round Rock Children's Home.
He retired from A.B. Culbertson Co. as an account executive. He lived in Dallas for 15 years and then in Fort Worth for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnye, in 1992.
Survivors include three sons, Lynvol Arthur of Glen Rose, D'Nard Arthur of Lubbock and David Huff of Saginaw; a sister, Madeline Weeks of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services for Joe C. Arthur, 85, of Fort Worth will be at 2 p.m. today at Gambrell Street Baptist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Greenwood Funeral Home of Fort Worth.
He died Monday, June 4, 2001.
He was born June 6, 1915, in Crowell and moved to Southland at the age of six months. He graduated from Southland High School and attended Wayland Baptist University, where he played football, basketball and tennis.
He was in the Merchant Marine during World War II and in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and served as music and education minister for Baptist churches in Dalhart, Clarendon, Amarillo, Mineola, Littlefield and Lubbock.
He was a deacon at Gambrell Street Baptist Church and served on various boards of Wayland Baptist University and Round Rock Children's Home.
He retired from A.B. Culbertson Co. as an account executive. He lived in Dallas for 15 years and then in Fort Worth for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnye, in 1992.
Survivors include three sons, Lynvol Arthur of Glen Rose, D'Nard Arthur of Lubbock and David Huff of Saginaw; a sister, Madeline Weeks of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are under the direction of Greenwood Funeral Home of Fort Worth.
He died Monday, June 4, 2001.
He was born June 6, 1915, in Crowell and moved to Southland at the age of six months. He graduated from Southland High School and attended Wayland Baptist University, where he played football, basketball and tennis.
He was in the Merchant Marine during World War II and in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and served as music and education minister for Baptist churches in Dalhart, Clarendon, Amarillo, Mineola, Littlefield and Lubbock.
He was a deacon at Gambrell Street Baptist Church and served on various boards of Wayland Baptist University and Round Rock Children's Home.
He retired from A.B. Culbertson Co. as an account executive. He lived in Dallas for 15 years and then in Fort Worth for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnye, in 1992.
Survivors include three sons, Lynvol Arthur of Glen Rose, D'Nard Arthur of Lubbock and David Huff of Saginaw; a sister, Madeline Weeks of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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