J.T. married A.E. Macina [Group Sheet]

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WAYNE E. MIERS, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2010, at the age of 67. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, on December 31, 1942. Wayne grew up in San Antonio and graduated in 1961 from Highlands High School, where he was the editor of the yearbook. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin on a Naval ROTC scholarship. At UT Wayne served in several campus organizations and lived in the "Crow's Nest," the housing for Naval ROTC midshipmen. He graduated from UT in 1965 with a BA degree in mathematics and a minor in German, and was commissioned in the US Navy as an Ensign. After attending nuclear power school in Vallejo, California, he was then stationed in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for nuclear power prototype training, which he completed in June 1966. On July 3, 1966, he married his college sweetheart, Joan Arrington. They moved to New London, Connecticut, where he completed submarine school in December 1966. Wayne served as weapons officer on the U.S.S. Odax submarine based in Charleston, South Carolina, and the U.S.S. Benjamin Franklin nuclear submarine based in Guam, while residing in Hawaii.When his service commitment was satisfied, he left the Navy and began his business career with Houston Lighting and Power and soon joined the Houston office of Arthur Andersen, later Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He obtained an MBA degree from the University of Houston in 1973. He was promoted to Partner in 1981 and retired from the firm on his 50th birthday, December 31, 1992. Throughout his career Wayne was an enthusiastic supporter of Junior Achievement, serving as Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas. In retirement Wayne enjoyed playing golf on a daily basis. In addition to being an avid golfer, he was a supporter of the University of Texas Midshipmans Foundation. He will always be remembered as a caring husband, father, and grandfather.Wayne is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Joan Arrington Miers; his son, Jeffrey Todd Miers, his wife Amy, and their daughters, Sloan and Brooke; his daughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim and their son, Turner; his mother-in-law, Ruth Ramsay Arrington; his sister-in-law, Joyce Arrington Smith; his niece, Jamie Smith Luff, and her husband Martin; and other members of his extended family. He was predeceased by his mother and stepfather, Louise and Billy L. Tinkle, and by his father-in-law, James R. Arrington.There will be a visitation on Monday, February 8, from 5:00 to 7:00 o'clock in the evening at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home, 13001 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77079. A military funeral service celebrating Wayne's life will be held on Tuesday, February 9, at 11 o'clock in the morning at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home and Cemetery, with a reception following in the Windows on the Terrace Room at Raveneux Country Club, 9415 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in Wayne's memory be made to the UT Midshipmans Foundation, c/o Bob Brown, 2365 Bolsover Houston, TX 77005, or to Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, 2115 East Governors Circle, Houston, TX 77092.

Published in Houston Chronicle on Feb. 7, 2010

Wayne married J.C. Arrington [Group Sheet]

James married Ruth Evelyn Ramsay 26 Jun 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Ruth (daughter of Roy Allen Ramsay and Maud Alice Parker) was born 5 Sep 1918, Oklahoma; died 10 Mar 2012, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried , Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet]

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Ruth Evelyn Ramsay ArringtonBIRTH5 Sep 1918DEATH10 Mar 2012 (aged 93)Houston, Harris County, Texas, USABURIALMemorial Oaks CemeteryHouston, Harris County, Texas, USAMEMORIAL ID86570251 · View Source SUGGEST EDITS
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Ruth Ramsay Arrington passed away peacefully on Saturday, the 10th of March 2012, at the age of 93. She was born to Maude Parker and Roy Allen Ramsay in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on the 5th of September 1918. Ruth spent her early years moving around the country with her mother and father; and she loved to tell stories of her days in Buffalo, Missouri; Brookings, Oregon; Crannell, California; Grand Junction, Colorado; and Fort Worth, Texas. She graduated from Fort Worth Central High School in 1934.
In the fall of 1934, just before her sixteenth birthday, she entered Texas Christian University as a freshman, majoring in chemistry. In 1935, her family moved back to Oklahoma, and she transferred to the University of Tulsa, where she enrolled as a chemical engineering major and joined Chi Omega sorority. In 1936, she was honored as the "Engineer's Queen" during the campus engineering week. It was at the engineering college where she met her husband, James Rogers Arrington. Ruth graduated in 1939 and was the first woman to graduate from the University of Tulsa engineering college. In those days, no one would hire a woman as a chemical engineer, and Ruth felt fortunate to work as a chemistry instructor at the University of Tulsa. On the 26th of June 1942, Ruth married Jim Arrington in Tulsa, where they lived until 1960 when Jim's career in the oil industry moved their family to Houston.
Ruth loved to play the piano, play tennis, and play golf, and she enjoyed being a part of her Chi Omega bridge club for 50 years. She was an active member of P.E.O. for many years and always continued to have a passion for the study of chemistry. After Jim's retirement in 1975, they enjoyed traveling, playing golf, and spending time with their family and friends. Ruth and Jim were a wonderful team until his death in December 2009. Ruth will always be remembered as a devoted and caring wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, whom her grandchildren and great-grandchildren lovingly called "Oma."
She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Arrington Smith; daughter, Joan Arrington Miers; grandson, Jeffrey Miers, his wife Amy, and their children Sloan, Brooke, and Blake; granddaughter, Stacy Miers Rider, her husband Tim, and their son Turner; granddaughter, Jamie Smith Luff, her husband Martin, and their son James; sister, Edith Ramsay Reid, and her husband Richard; niece, Gretchen Reid Schulz, her husband Steve, and their children Shelby and Sean; nephew, Philip Reid, and his son Jake; nephew, David Reid, and his wife Tracey; and many other members of her extended family.
Ruth's family would like to thank Mary DeAnda and her assistants and Odyssey Hospice for their care and support.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock this afternoon until seven o'clock this evening, Monday, the 12th of March, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.
A memorial service, celebrating Ruth's life, is to be conducted at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning, Tuesday, the 13th of March, in the chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Dr. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor, is to officiate. Immediately following the service, everyone is invited to join the family for a reception in the Hines Baker Room.
Prior to the service, the family will gather for a private interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in Ruth's memory may be directed to the University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 800 So. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK, 74104; or to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 22013, Houston, TX, 77227.

Published in Houston Chronicle from Mar. 11 to Mar. 12, 2012