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Melina Arrington Obituary

Registered Nurse SCOTTSVILLE, VA - Entered into rest Monday, September 26, 2005, Melina Renee Arrington, beloved wife of Geoffrey S. Hughes, Sr. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11:00 AM at the Hatcher Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lamar Kersey officiating. Interment will be private. Melina was born in Atlanta, GA. She was a registered nurse with the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA. Also surviving are her father Ernest Arrington, Jr. and step-mother, Diane Arrington, Beech Island, SC; her mother, Utah Hopkins Arrington; a brother, Nickie Brent Arrington; a maternal grandmother, Eunice Hopkins, all of Soperton, GA; and a step-son, Geoffrey S. Hughes, Jr., Arlington, VA; a niece, Christy M. Arrington, Graniteville, SC; a step-sister, Renae Enlow, North Augusta, SC; three step-brothers, Jeff Wheat, Mike Wheat, and Travis Wheat, all of Langley, SC. Friends may call Friday evening from 7-9 PM at Hatcher Funeral Home, US Hwy. 1, Langley, SC.

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Published by The Augusta Chronicle on Sep. 29, 2005.

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Bo,Becky,Kelsey & Karin Carneal

October 2, 2005

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1



She is with the Lord and is blessed.

Cindi and Jim Shepherd, Amanda and Kristen Vestal

October 1, 2005

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Psalm 18:6

God promises to comfort us if we call out to him.

Linda, Steve, Molly and Malcolm Galloway

September 30, 2005

"There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so." John 14:2

Susan, John & Caitlin DiMaina

September 30, 2005

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

You know that the ones we love are never gone, because they live always in our hearts...

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