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World War II Army Veteran Charlie Roy Arrington was born July 1, 1926 in the Red Hill Community in Dickens County, TX. His father and mother are Roy Arrington and Billie Shurgart Arrington. Charlie was named after his father Roy and his grandfather L.C. Arrington. Charlie, his brothers and sisters, Victor, Ida, Leo and Pat all attended Spur Schools. He liked to ride his horse around the farm and the Croton Breaks when he had the time. He always loved cattle and horses and when he was sixteen years old he left Dickens County and went to New Mexico and worked on various ranches including the Open Nine Ranch at Fort Sumner, the LE Ranch at Roswell and Double Steeple Ranch at Verimjo Park. In 1944 he went to work on the JA Ranch at Clarendon, TX and was drafted into the U.S. Army in December of 1944. He had a few days before he had to report so he helped Robert McAteer father his calves on the old Perrin place east of Dickens. On December 22, 1944 he reported to Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. After basic training he was stationed on Luzon in the Philippine Islands and was there when World War II was over. After being discharged in late 1946, he returned to Dickens County but moved to Kent county to farm and ranch.
Charlie was visiting his parents in Spur and he and his cousin Dutch Hines were training their roping horses in the park (or showing off for the girls) and I was interested and he was interested so we got married June 1, 1950 and Charlie moved his seventeen year old city girl bride to the Salt Fork River in Kent County. In 1951 we bought a beautiful place on the Salt Fork of the Brazos which we still enjoy. We lived between the rivers with the rattlesnakes and varmits for 11 years. During this time besides doing his own farming and ranching Charlie day worked for Ross Renfro on the L7 Ranch in Crosbyton, the T Bar Ranch in Tahoka and the Cross L Ranch in Amarillo.
In 1962 we moved back to Spur and I went to work for Dickens County ASCS and have worked there for the past 23 years. In addition to his ranching operation Charlie works part time for Plains Cotton Growers and USDA-APHIS.
Submitted by Joyce Daughtry Arrington
Source: Dickens County History...its Land and People © Dickens Historical Commission; Printer: Craftsman Inc. Lubbock, Texas 1986
Graveside services were held Thursday, March 23, 1995, at 2 p.m. in Spur Memorial Cemetery for Charlie Roy Arrington, 68.
Rev. Norris Taylor, Idalou, officiated.
Campbell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Arrington died at 12 noon March 21 in St. Mary Hospital, Lubbock. He was born in the Red Hill community in Dickens County and had lived in the Spur area most of his life.
He married Joyce Daughtry in Clovis, NM on June 1, 1950. Arrington was a stock farmer and worked part-time for the Plains Cotton Growers and USDA-APHIS. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Spur VFW Post 7212. He was also a member of the Spur Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Arrington, Spur; a brother, Victor Arrington, Spur; two sisters, Ida Lee McInroe of Roaring Springs and Pat Sudderth, Arlington.
©The Texas Spur, March 30, 1995
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
Joyce Arrington 75 of Spur, passed away November 11, 2009 at the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital. She was born in Haskell County, Texas on November 21, 1933 to J. L. and Edna Daughtry.
Joyce is survived by Numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents J.L. and Edna Hutto Daughtry. Her husband Charlie Roy Arrington and two brothers, Olan Daughtry and James Daughtry.
Graveside service were held at 10:00 AM Friday on November 13, 2009 at the Spur Memorial Cemetery in Spur, Texas with Rev. Tommy Henderson officiating, under the directions of Campbell Funeral Home.
In Lieu of flowers the family suggest donations to Dickens County South Senior Citizens, Dickens County EMS, and Spur Fire Department.
©Obituary courtesy of Campbell Funeral Home
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