Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Obit of Arthur Levingston
(b. Jan. 14, 1917 d. Jan. 9, 1968)


Mexia Daily News - Friday, January 18, 1963 - Page 1

Arthur Levingston Funeral Services Scheduled Sunday 

  Funeral services will be held at the Grove Island A. M. E. Church in the Grove 
Island community of Freestone County Sunday at l p.m. for Arthur Levingston, 51, 
who died on Rt. 3, Mexia, Tuesday.
  The services will be conducted by the Rev. E. J. Jones and burial will be in 
the Grove Island cemetery with the Dorsey-Keatts Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangements. 
  Mr. Levingston was born in Limestone County on Jan. 4 917, and had lived in 
the county a1l of his life. His home was at 204 Pine Street in Mexia. He was a 
carpenter, a Methodist, and a member of Paul Lawrence Dunbar Lodge No. 69 F. and 
A.M. in Mexia. He was a Steward's Mate First Class in the U. S. Navy in World 
War II. 
  Besides his wife, Mrs. Clara Mae Levingston, of Mexia, he is survived by five 
brothers. R. J. and Henry Levingston Jr. both of Mexia; Rev. Wayne Levingston, 
of Fort Worth; Walter Levingston, of Dallas and Willie J. Levingston, of Odessa,
and three sisters, Mrs. Luvenia Morris and Mrs. Murldean Smith, both of Grand
Prairie, and Mrs. Annie Lee Curry of Odessa.
  Also surviving are two aunts, Mrs. Mattie D. Parmes, of Rt. 8, Mexia, and Mrs.
Eula Mae Launza of Mexia.