Charles Thomas Chaffin

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Roller-Chenal Funeral Home
13801 Chenal Parkway
Little Rock, AR  72211
Thursday, October 27, 2016
1:00 P.M.
Service Schedule
Forest Hills Memorial Park
10201 Hwy 5
Alexander, AR  72002
Thursday, October 27, 2016
2:30 P.M.
Cemetery
Forest Hills Memorial Park
Highway 5 North
Alexander, AR  72002
Memorial Contributions
Glaucoma Research Foundation
251 Post Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA  94108
Charles Thomas Chaffin

of Little Rock, AR

November 30, 1931 - October 24, 2016

Charles Thomas Chaffin died on October 24, 2016 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Pampa, Texas on November 30, 1931. His family moved to Fayetteville Arkansas in 1946, and Tom graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1949. He graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Business in 1953. While at the University of Arkansas, he first met Frances Marie Raines and they began a six-year courtship.

After graduating from the University of Arkansas, Tom moved to Kansas City and was hired by Sears Roebuck and Company as a manager trainee. He would eventually retire from Sears in 1990 after a 37-year career in which he rose through the ranks and eventually became a merchandise manager. While working with Sears, Tom developed life-long friendships with many of his co-workers that lasted well beyond his retirement.

Tom and Frances married on October 18, 1958. They lived in Kansas City for 10 years before moving to Olathe Kansas in 1968. Tom and Frances had three sons: Raines was born in 1960, Charles was born in 1963, and Nathan was born in 1970.

Tom was a dedicated outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends throughout his entire life. Some of his favorite memories involved fishing on his grandfather's Missouri farm as a boy, squirrel hunting with college buddies in the Boston Mountains, hunting Kansas pheasants and fishing local farm ponds with his sons, duck hunting with family near Dewitt Arkansas, and his annual father-son fishing trips with Raines in the lakes of Arkansas, Montana, and Canada.

Tom became a Boy Scout when he was 11 years old, and his interest in Scouting continued throughout his life. He volunteered as a Scout leader while he was living in Kansas City as a young man in the 1950's, and again when his sons were Scouts in the 1970's and 1980's. He backpacked at Philmont Scout Ranch with Raines and Nathan in 1986, and as recently as 2009, he joined Charles' troop on a backpacking trip to Colorado. As a Scout leader, Tom had a profound impact on many young men while demonstrating a true commitment to the principles of Scouting, with a special emphasis on Courteous and Kind.

Tom embodied Christian values in everything he said and did for his entire adult life. He earnestly pursued a better understanding of his faith, participating in Bible Study Fellowship for 25 years as a student and a leader.

Tom's faithful love and devotion to Frances and his three sons will never be forgotten or replaced, and his ever-cheerful demeanor and gentlemanly countenance will be missed by all who knew him. He is also survived by one sister, Sybil Joyce Johnston, of Wooster Ohio.

The family suggest that memorial donations can be made to the Glaucoma Research Foundation.

The family will receive friends at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home, 13801 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, (501) 224-8300. Graveside service will follow at 2:30 P.M. at Forest Hills Memorial Park in Alexander, Arkansas.


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Melissa Butkiewicz
Little Rock, AR
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Although our loved ones depart from this earth they truly never leave us, for they are still alive in our hearts and minds, and through us, they live on. Today is both a sad and happy day -- sad because of the loss of the presence of your husband and father, Tom, but happy because he has reached his final destination in life and is now united with our Lord and Savior.

Frances, Raines, Charles and Nathan you are in my thoughts and prayers.

"For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. " 1 Thessalonians 4:14

Rebecca B. Bryant
Bryant, AR
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

I am so very sorry to learn of Mr. Tom's passing. My thoughts & prayers are with you all in this time of loss. God's blessings to your family...

George and Anna Kemp
Calico Rock, AR
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Dear Frances and family,
Tom was so well described in the obituary. I remember those attributes in his life. His was a life well lived and that makes the grief a little less. Thanks for your friendship when we lived in Olathe. With our sympathy, prayers, and love, Anna and George Kemp

Judi_pearson@msn.com
Austin, AR
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Raines, my heart goes out to you and your family during this difficult time. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,
Judi Pearson
one time nurse to Dr. David King