THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, March 14, 1995 TAG: 9503140249
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William Curtis Arrington Sr., 68, of the first block of East Norfolk & Western St., a retired electronics technician, died March 12, 1995, in Southampton County.
Mr. Arrington was born in Isle of Wight County, son of the late Estelle Hand Arrington and William Edward Arrington. He retired in 1982 from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Shop (NU)67, after 32 years. He was a member of Windsor Baptist Church, Windsor Ruritan Club and assistant scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop (NU)41 of Windsor. He had received the following awards - the District Award of Merit, the Woodbadge Beads and the Scouters Key. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Baugham Arrington; two daughters, Diane Arrington of Windsor and Anita A. Craig of McKenney, Va.; two sons, William C. Arrington Jr. of Southampton County and Bruce E. Arrington of Nashville, Tenn.; seven sisters, Mildred Cobb of Zuni, Dana Gale of Jacksonville, Fla., Mary Virginia Satterfield and Willie May Umphlett, both of Portsmouth, Rose Marie Umphlett, Betty Umphlett and Lois Marshall, all of Suffolk; two brothers, James H. Arrington of Windsor and George F. Arrington of Suffolk; two grandsons, William C. Arrington III and James Adam Craig. He was predeceased by a brother, Archie L. Arrington.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. James B. Crocker and the Rev. Kenneth Williams. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms, Va. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today and suggests that memorial contributions may be made to Boy Scout Troop (NU)41, c/o Larry Willis, P.O. Box 35, Windsor, Va. 23487.
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