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    “I hear a voice you can not hear. Which says I must not stay. I see a hand you can not see. Which beckons me away.”

    The only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind
    — John Allston

    There is more peace somewhere.
    There is more peace somewhere.
    I’m gonna keep on ’til I find it.
    There is more peace somewhere.
    — African American Hymn

    I cannot think of them as dead who walk with me no more;
    along the path of life I tread they but are gone before.
    — Fredrick Lucian Hosmer

    In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.
    In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.
    In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them.
    In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.
    In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them.
    In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.
    When we are weary and in need of strength, we remember them.
    When we are lost and sick at heart, we remember them.
    When we have joys we yearn to share, we remember them.
    So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.
    — From Sylvan Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer

    “Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here. Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go. Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.” ~Pueblo Blessing ~

    Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
    Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
    Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
    Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

    Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
    Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
    Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
    Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

    He was my North, my South, my East and West,
    My working week and my Sunday rest,
    My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
    I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

    The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
    Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
    For nothing now can ever come to any good.

    W.H. Auden

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Starratt, Arthur Wilson


August 8, 1917 – April 23, 2012

The family will host a public viewing on Thursday night, April 26th, 6–8 p.m., at Adams Funeral Home, 129 Coleman Street, Marlin, Texas 76661. The memorial service will be held on Friday, April 27th, 2:00 p.m., also at Adams Funeral Home with a graveside ceremony to follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, McClanahan Road, Marlin, Texas 76661. Paul bearers are Dr. James Bryan, Brinson Bryan, Butch Smith, Rick Smith, Jay Wright, and Ned Johnson. Condolences can be directed c/o 510 Gibraltar Lane, Lorena, Texas, 76655.

Art Starratt was born on August 8, 1917 in Quincy, Massachusetts and passed away on April 23, 2012 in Lorena, Texas at the age of 94. His parents were Simon Peter Starratt (East Waterboro, Maine) and Lucy Bishop Wilson Starratt (Dennisport, Massachusetts). Art’s siblings who predeceased him were Alfred Byron Starratt (Baltimore, Maryland), Irene Lucy Starratt Fisher (Hyannis, Massachusetts), and Gladys Lydia Starratt McNeice (Quincy, Massachusetts).

In 1943, Art married Priscilla Marietta Smith of Saco, Maine. Art and Priscilla were married 58 years until her death on March 2, 2001. They had four children: Arthur Peter (Pete) Starratt, who died on August 22, 2002 (Dallas, Texas); Virginia Caral Starratt Morgan (Austin, Texas); Cheryl Lynne Starratt Basheer (Lorena, Texas); and Priscilla Gail Starratt Bryan- Mrs. James Bryan (Lorena, Texas). They had five grandchildren: Charles Anthony Jetann (Brisbane, Australia); Caral Louise Starratt Johnson (Irving, Texas); Amy Priscilla Jetel (Austin, Texas); Brinson James Bryan (Portland, Texas); and Carolyn Beatrice Bryan (Dallas, Texas). They also had six great grandchildren: Raven Jetel Wright, Easton Jetel Wright; Zoe Jetel Wright (Austin, Texas); Tasman Lee Jetann (Brisbane, Australia); Tyler Mason Gasaway; and Cambria Lynn Bryan (Portland, Texas).

Art pursued an undergraduate degree at Boston University until he accepted a job with Quaker Oats in 1938. In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corp. where he obtained the rank of 1st Lieutenant serving as a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress with the 8th Air Force, 351st Bomb Group, 511th Squadron stationed in Polebrook, England. On his fourth mission, his plane was shot down over Holland, and he spent the next 15 months until the end of the war as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. When the war ended, Art remained in the military as a Counter Intelligence Officer until he left the service in 1947.

Art was a lifetime member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War Association, a 32nd degree Mason, and a Shriner. While living in West Columbia, he was a member of the Rotary Club and the Order of the Eastern Star, where he served as Chaplain for 15 years. He was an avid sailor and golfer and enjoyed reciting poems and singing songs to anyone who would listen.

Arrangements were made by Adams Funeral Home , Marlin, Texas.

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