Extracted from The Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Beulah Arinder

Lorena

Beulah Mae Sullivan Arinder,89, entered into the nearer presence of the Lord on Thursday, May 26, 2011

Visitation will be held at 1:00 on Saturday, May 28, at Lorena Baptist Church in Lorena, Mississippi, with services following at 3:00 under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home of Forest. Mrs. Arinder was born in Sylvarena, Mississippi, on February 10, 1922, to Charles and Eliza Sullivan. The youngest of four children, she is survived by one sister, Katie Blanche Sullivan Gregg of Hattiesburg. She was preceded in death by her sister Irma Sullivan Massey and her brother Charles Waldrup Sullivan.

Mrs. Arinder was married to Clifton Lee Arinder of Lorena, Mississippi, in 1945 - a union that endured for more than fifty years until his death in 2002. She is survived by daughter Janis Arinder Smith and her husband Shirl, their older daughter Janna Smith Giles (Darren), great-grandsons Grant and Grason Giles; and their younger daughter Lydia Joan Smith Nobles (Avery). Also surviving is her son, Max Kirby arinder(Diann) and their son Charles Kirby Arinder (Amy). Mrs. Arinder claimed as family many others--nieces, nephews, cousins--from coast to coast.

Mrs. Arinder grew up surrounded by a large extended family and revealed in the many pleasures afforded by a musical, creative, humorous, hard-working clan. She treasured the memories of her youth and never hesitated to relate tales of that time. After graduation from high school, she attended Mississippi College for Women (as it was then known) and returned to south Mississippi to work, teach school, and marry. Later, she and her family moved to Jackson, where she had a career at Sears, Roebuck Company. During those years, she and her family were members first of Calvary Baptist Church and later of Parkway. Upon their retirement, Mr.and Mrs. Arinder returned to Lorena, the community they always considered home. There she loved independently until her last year of life, when she moved to Jackson to reside with her son Max and his wife.

To characterize Mrs. Arinder is to note that she was a woman of profound love for her family her children; grandchildren have never doubted her affection. Her love was shown though her great energy, expended to keep her family well-clothed, well-fed and well-entertained, largely thought the work of her own two hands. She was a talented gardener, growing and preserving her own vegetables, and nurturing a fairy-land of blooming plants in her yard. She possessed an extraordinary talent for the needle, not only producing fine clothing but also creating magnificent quilts, crocheted garments, bedspreads, and tablecloths. Plus, she was a prodigious practitioner of counted cross-stitch; many benefitted from her endeavors. In addition, she was a pianist who enjoyed her music, especially hymns, and graced others with her gift. Her creativity extended into art; everyone who ever received one of her individually painted and lettered Chrismas, get-well or birthday cards felt the blessing of this talent.

Surely the well-spring of these gifts was her practice of the Christian principles to which she subscribed. Her life was one of self-effacing service and kindness to others. She dearly loved her family and her church, but this love was of the Lord and she extended it to others daily.