E. T. ARRINGTON

Contributed by Barbara Pollard
Gilmer Mirror November 1976

Services for Emery T. Arrington, 86, of Rt. 3, Gilmer, were 
Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Croley Chapel with Elder 
Wilburn Tefteller and Elder J. C. Wade the officiating 
ministers. Burial was in the Kelsey Cemetery with arrangements 
by Croley Funeral Home. 

Mr. Arrington died at 12:20 p.m., Nov. 1 at the Gilmer 
Convalescent Center following a lengthy illness.

He was born in Louisville, Miss., Feb. 24, 1890, but had resided 
in Upshur County most of his life. He had been a farmer and a 
member of the Gilmer Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saint 
for over 70 years.

Survivors include five sons, Rozell Arrington and Glen Arrington, 
both of Gilmer; Maurice Arrington, Argyle; Preston Arrington and 
Jimmy Ray Arrington, both of Ft. Worth; three daughters, Mrs. 
Marie Chitwood, Jacksonville; Mrs. Fern Walles, Salt Lake City, 
Utah and Mrs. Grace White, Lancaster, Calif.; 31 grandchildren and 
30 great-grandchildren. Also, a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Abney, 
Porterville, Calif.