Gary
Gary Arms
d. December 31, 2014
Gary Lee Arms, age 80 of La Grange passed away on December 29, 2014 at his home in his sleep after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Gary was born on January 31, 1934 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Elvin N. Arms and Ethel Smith Arms. He was a police officer in Santa Ana, California and worked as a corporate security executive for Gulf Oil and Chevron. He married Melissa Mallard on September 15, 1962 in Las Vegas. He served his country in the Marines and was a member of the NRA.
Gary is survived by his wife, Melissa; two daughters, Melissa Arms-Knight and Kirsten Arms-Arbo; two grandsons, Tanner Arbo and Grayson Arbo; two granddaughters, Anne Goodman and husband Grant and Talula Knight; one great-grandson, Jude Goodman; one brother, Charles Arms; two sisters, Dorothy Collie and husband Jim and Diane Bellew and husband Leroy; several nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Leon D. Arms.
Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday January 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Fayette Memorial Funeral Home in La Grange.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Brazos Valley in La Grange.
Gary was born on January 31, 1934 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Elvin N. Arms and Ethel Smith Arms. He was a police officer in Santa Ana, California and worked as a corporate security executive for Gulf Oil and Chevron. He married Melissa Mallard on September 15, 1962 in Las Vegas. He served his country in the Marines and was a member of the NRA.
Gary is survived by his wife, Melissa; two daughters, Melissa Arms-Knight and Kirsten Arms-Arbo; two grandsons, Tanner Arbo and Grayson Arbo; two granddaughters, Anne Goodman and husband Grant and Talula Knight; one great-grandson, Jude Goodman; one brother, Charles Arms; two sisters, Dorothy Collie and husband Jim and Diane Bellew and husband Leroy; several nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Leon D. Arms.
Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday January 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Fayette Memorial Funeral Home in La Grange.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Brazos Valley in La Grange.
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