Hardy W. "Mike" McArthur, 86, of Malone died Friday, July 7, 2017 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center.
Mike was born in Reynoldsville, Georgia on September 9, 1930 to the late Milton and Johnnie Patrick McArthur. Mike served in the U.S. Air Force for four years as a F86 Fighter Jet Mechanic stationed at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV. He retired at the rank of staff sargent. After he was discharged, he continued to work for the Air Force. He lived most of his life in Malone, where he was the owner/operator of Mike's Texaco Service Center for a number of years. He was a member of the Northside Baptist Church in Dellwood for the past 20 years. Previously, he was a member and attended Malone United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce McArthur and wife, Sarah McArthur.
He is survived by his present wife, Carolyn McArthur; one son, Dennis McArthur, his children, Jana McArthur, and Michael McArthur, and their mother, Lisa McArthur; one daughter, Joy Stuart and husband, Pat and their children, Brandi Beeler and husband, Jesse; Taylor and Trey Stuart; one great-granddaughter, Emerson; one step son, Jason Elmore and wife Sharon, their children, Michelle, Lee, Jeffery, Max and Wyatt Elmore; three sisters; Bessie Nieto of Malone, Mary Lou Hughes of Winter Haven, Lelia Wolfe of Park Hill Oklahoma.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 10, 2017 at Malone United Methodist Church with speakers Ed Ham, Tom Baxter, and Rev. John Kusnierz officiating. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens with James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel directing. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services at the church.
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