Arvin B. Langston

MR. ARVIN B. LANGSTON, AGE 84, OF 113 CIRCLE DRIVE, CALHOUN. DIED SATURDAY JULY 22ND IN GORDON HEALTH CARE. FOLLOWING SERVERAL MONTHS OF DECLINING HEALTH. ARVIN WAS BORN IN GORDON COUNTY ON MAY 12, 1922. SON OF THE LATE RAYMOND AND SUSIE NELSON LANSTON. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WWII SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. ARVIN WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CALHOUN BAPTIST CHURCH, THE AMERICAN LEGION AND WAS PAST COMMANDER OF THE V.F.W. BESIDES HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE GLADYS HIGHTOWER LANGSTON IN JANUARY 2004. SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE SON; ALVIN LANGSTON AND HIS WIFE DARLA OF SUGAR VALLEY. ONE DAUGHTER; CAROL JOLLY AND HER HUSBAND EMORY OF CALHOUN. ONE BROTHER; LLOYD LANGSTON AND HIS WIFE JOANN OF COHUTTA. ONE SISTER; MILDRED LEWIS OF FT. PAYNE, AL.. FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; TODD SMITH, TINA BYRD, PAUL PETTERSON, AND MANDY KIRKPATRICK. FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; CHRISTY JACKSON, NIKKI VOGEK, COREY AND CODY HAYES. FOUR GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; TABITHA SMITH, DELANA JACKSON, GAVIN JACKSON, AND MADISON VOGEK. ALONG WITH SERVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED MONDAY JULY 24TH AT 3PM FROM THE CHAPEL OF THOMAS FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN GORDON MEMORIAL GARDENS WITH MILITARY HONORS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 2-4 AND 7 – 9 PM. YOU MAY SIGN THE REGISTER BOOK OR EXPERSS PRIVATE CONDOLENCES AT WWW.thomasfuneralhomecalhoun.com. THOMAS FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. ARVIN B.LANGSTON