Arvel Benton Terry Sr., 81
A crane operator with Price Brothers Pipe Company and a member of the Pentecostal Church, he served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
The son of the late James David and Emma Nora Adams Terry, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Edna A. Hays; daughter, Melveta Maxine Keller, and brother, Harvey Terry of Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife, Rita Kay Terry; sons, James C. Terry of Houston, Texas, and Arvel B. Terry Jr. of McMinnville; daughter, Glenda Joyce Henry of Colorado Springs, Col.; 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Tuesday at High’s Chapel with Wayne Hopkins officiating. Burial will follow today at Baxter Memorial Gardens in Mountain Home, Ark.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 5, 2005