of Clarksville, AR

August 13, 1921 - September 6, 2017

Charles Brinton Virden, Jr., 96 of Clarksville, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 in Clarksville. He was born on August 13, 1921 in Wilmington, Delaware to his parents, Charles Brinton Virden, Sr. and Lena Mae (Sellers) Virden. He was a 1940 graduate of H. Fletcher Brown High School in Wilmington where he played basketball. He proudly served his country during WWII as a TECH 4 in the United States Army stationed in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. He worked for Pan American Airways in Miami, Florida and retired after twenty five years to Sebring, Florida where he lived forty years before moving to Clarksville where he attended the First Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Brinton Virden, Sr. and Lena Mae (Sellers) Virden and his wife of sixty nine years, Charlotte Virden; one brother, James Virden; four sisters, Helen Hearn, Florence Gebensleben, Janie Moxham and Elizabeth Romanelli.

He is survived by one son, Robert Charles Virden and wife Jo Anne; two grand-daughters, Cindy Virden of Bentonville, Arkansas and Elizabeth Hogan and husband Benjamin of Morrilton, Arkansas and one great grand-daughter, Lydia Hogan.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home, online guestbook available at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/clarksville
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Clarksville, P.O. Box 525, Clarksville, AR 72830.

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