In Memoriam

John Arant

October 4, 1944 – September 12, 2006

 

 

John Smith Arant, 61, died Tuesday, September 12, 2006.

Born October 4, 1944, in Lancaster County, he was the son of Frances Deese Arant and the late Robert Lee Arant.  He was married to Katherine “Kathy” Herring  Arant.  He was the owner of Arant's Auto Service and Sales since 1971.  He was a Shriner of the Hejaz Temple, a Mason with Jackson Lodge and a member of Eastside Baptist Church, where he was a Sunday School teacher.  He served on the board of Christian Services and on the Auto Mechanic Advisory Committee of the Lancaster High Career Center.

Survivors include his mother; his wife; his children, Melissa Arant Craver (Frank),  Mike Arant (Michele), Brenner J. Hartley (Jenny), all of  Lancaster; and  four grandchildren, Derek Harper, Shelley Craver, Colby Arant and Chandler Cauthen.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hartley Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Curtis Cameron, Donald Tillman, and Lloyd Reid, with burial in Lancaster Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to Christian Services, 101 S. White St., Lancaster, SC 29720.