James Rogers Arrington passed away suddenly but peacefully at home on Thursday, the 17th of December 2009, at the age of 93.
He was born at home to Carrie Dale and James Rogers Arrington, Sr. in Springfield, Missouri, on the 2nd of January 1916: a night that was so cold and icy that, as Jim used to tell the story, the doctor barely arrived in time because he had to stop to put ice-shoes on his horse.
Jim spent his early years in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and his family moved to Tulsa when he was in elementary school. In 1933, he graduated from Tulsa Central High School.
He then attended the University of Tulsa, where he majored in chemical engineering and served as a student laboratory instructor.
He graduated in 1937 with the highest grade average in the Engineering School, which gave him the title of "King Pat" during the campus engineering week.
It was at the University of Tulsa Engineering School that he met his wife, Ruth.
Jim began his career at Carter Oil, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey.
He spent four and a half years working as a chemical engineer in Venezuela before moving back to Tulsa and marrying Ruth on the 26th of June 1942.
In 1960, his job moved him and his family from Tulsa to Houston, where Jim went to work for the company that eventually became Exxon.
After he retired from Exxon in 1975, he and Ruth enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and spending time with their family and many friends.
In 2005, Jim and Ruth moved to The Buckingham retirement community, where they made a number of new friends.
Jim was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and he will always be remembered for his wonderful stories, sharp mind, and great sense of humor.
He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Ruth Ramsay Arrington; daughter, Joyce Arrington Smith; daughter, Joan Arrington Miers and her husband Wayne; grandson, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their daughters, Sloan Elizabeth and Brooke Ramsay; granddaughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner Arrington; granddaughter, Jamie Smith Luff and her husband Martin; and many other members of his extended family.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from four o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock in the evening on Sunday, the 20th of December, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
A memorial service, celebrating Jim's life, is to be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Monday, the 21st of December, in the chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Rev. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor, is to officiate.
Immediately following the service, all are invited to join the family for a reception in the church's Hines Baker Room.
In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in memory of Mr. Arrington may be directed to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227; the University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 800 So. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK, 74104; or to the Salvation Army, 1500 Austin St., Houston, TX, 77002. --
Published in Houston Chronicle from December 19 to December 20, 2009
He was born at home to Carrie Dale and James Rogers Arrington, Sr. in Springfield, Missouri, on the 2nd of January 1916: a night that was so cold and icy that, as Jim used to tell the story, the doctor barely arrived in time because he had to stop to put ice-shoes on his horse.
Jim spent his early years in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and his family moved to Tulsa when he was in elementary school. In 1933, he graduated from Tulsa Central High School.
He then attended the University of Tulsa, where he majored in chemical engineering and served as a student laboratory instructor.
He graduated in 1937 with the highest grade average in the Engineering School, which gave him the title of "King Pat" during the campus engineering week.
It was at the University of Tulsa Engineering School that he met his wife, Ruth.
Jim began his career at Carter Oil, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey.
He spent four and a half years working as a chemical engineer in Venezuela before moving back to Tulsa and marrying Ruth on the 26th of June 1942.
In 1960, his job moved him and his family from Tulsa to Houston, where Jim went to work for the company that eventually became Exxon.
After he retired from Exxon in 1975, he and Ruth enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and spending time with their family and many friends.
In 2005, Jim and Ruth moved to The Buckingham retirement community, where they made a number of new friends.
Jim was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and he will always be remembered for his wonderful stories, sharp mind, and great sense of humor.
He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Ruth Ramsay Arrington; daughter, Joyce Arrington Smith; daughter, Joan Arrington Miers and her husband Wayne; grandson, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their daughters, Sloan Elizabeth and Brooke Ramsay; granddaughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner Arrington; granddaughter, Jamie Smith Luff and her husband Martin; and many other members of his extended family.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from four o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock in the evening on Sunday, the 20th of December, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
A memorial service, celebrating Jim's life, is to be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Monday, the 21st of December, in the chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Rev. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor, is to officiate.
Immediately following the service, all are invited to join the family for a reception in the church's Hines Baker Room.
In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in memory of Mr. Arrington may be directed to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227; the University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 800 So. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK, 74104; or to the Salvation Army, 1500 Austin St., Houston, TX, 77002. --
Published in Houston Chronicle from December 19 to December 20, 2009
James Rogers Arrington passed away suddenly but peacefully at home on Thursday, the 17th of December 2009, at the age of 93.
He was born at home to Carrie Dale and James Rogers Arrington, Sr. in Springfield, Missouri, on the 2nd of January 1916: a night that was so cold and icy that, as Jim used to tell the story, the doctor barely arrived in time because he had to stop to put ice-shoes on his horse.
Jim spent his early years in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and his family moved to Tulsa when he was in elementary school. In 1933, he graduated from Tulsa Central High School.
He then attended the University of Tulsa, where he majored in chemical engineering and served as a student laboratory instructor.
He graduated in 1937 with the highest grade average in the Engineering School, which gave him the title of "King Pat" during the campus engineering week.
It was at the University of Tulsa Engineering School that he met his wife, Ruth.
Jim began his career at Carter Oil, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey.
He spent four and a half years working as a chemical engineer in Venezuela before moving back to Tulsa and marrying Ruth on the 26th of June 1942.
In 1960, his job moved him and his family from Tulsa to Houston, where Jim went to work for the company that eventually became Exxon.
After he retired from Exxon in 1975, he and Ruth enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and spending time with their family and many friends.
In 2005, Jim and Ruth moved to The Buckingham retirement community, where they made a number of new friends.
Jim was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and he will always be remembered for his wonderful stories, sharp mind, and great sense of humor.
He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Ruth Ramsay Arrington; daughter, Joyce Arrington Smith; daughter, Joan Arrington Miers and her husband Wayne; grandson, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their daughters, Sloan Elizabeth and Brooke Ramsay; granddaughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner Arrington; granddaughter, Jamie Smith Luff and her husband Martin; and many other members of his extended family.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from four o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock in the evening on Sunday, the 20th of December, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
A memorial service, celebrating Jim's life, is to be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Monday, the 21st of December, in the chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Rev. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor, is to officiate.
Immediately following the service, all are invited to join the family for a reception in the church's Hines Baker Room.
In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in memory of Mr. Arrington may be directed to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227; the University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 800 So. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK, 74104; or to the Salvation Army, 1500 Austin St., Houston, TX, 77002. --
Published in Houston Chronicle from December 19 to December 20, 2009
He was born at home to Carrie Dale and James Rogers Arrington, Sr. in Springfield, Missouri, on the 2nd of January 1916: a night that was so cold and icy that, as Jim used to tell the story, the doctor barely arrived in time because he had to stop to put ice-shoes on his horse.
Jim spent his early years in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and his family moved to Tulsa when he was in elementary school. In 1933, he graduated from Tulsa Central High School.
He then attended the University of Tulsa, where he majored in chemical engineering and served as a student laboratory instructor.
He graduated in 1937 with the highest grade average in the Engineering School, which gave him the title of "King Pat" during the campus engineering week.
It was at the University of Tulsa Engineering School that he met his wife, Ruth.
Jim began his career at Carter Oil, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey.
He spent four and a half years working as a chemical engineer in Venezuela before moving back to Tulsa and marrying Ruth on the 26th of June 1942.
In 1960, his job moved him and his family from Tulsa to Houston, where Jim went to work for the company that eventually became Exxon.
After he retired from Exxon in 1975, he and Ruth enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and spending time with their family and many friends.
In 2005, Jim and Ruth moved to The Buckingham retirement community, where they made a number of new friends.
Jim was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and he will always be remembered for his wonderful stories, sharp mind, and great sense of humor.
He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Ruth Ramsay Arrington; daughter, Joyce Arrington Smith; daughter, Joan Arrington Miers and her husband Wayne; grandson, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their daughters, Sloan Elizabeth and Brooke Ramsay; granddaughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner Arrington; granddaughter, Jamie Smith Luff and her husband Martin; and many other members of his extended family.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from four o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock in the evening on Sunday, the 20th of December, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
A memorial service, celebrating Jim's life, is to be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Monday, the 21st of December, in the chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Rev. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor, is to officiate.
Immediately following the service, all are invited to join the family for a reception in the church's Hines Baker Room.
In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in memory of Mr. Arrington may be directed to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227; the University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 800 So. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK, 74104; or to the Salvation Army, 1500 Austin St., Houston, TX, 77002. --
Published in Houston Chronicle from December 19 to December 20, 2009
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