Arthur D. Irving, Sr. Arthur D. Irving, Sr., 87, of Marshall passed away on August 11, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 21, 2010 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home of Marshall. Interment will follow in Long Ridge Cemetery. A viewing will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 20th at Downs Funeral Home. Arthur D. Irving, Sr. "Papa" was born in San Francisco, California on September 15, 1923 to the parentage of Willie Irving and Viola Smith Irving. He married Mavis Lester in Lubbock, Texas in 1942. He graduated Valedictorian from Dunbar High School in Lubbock, Texas and attended college in Fresno, California. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Staff Sgt from 1943 - 1946 serving in the Pacific Theatre, and receiving the combat medal. He moved to Marshall in 1946 where he worked and retired as a machinist for Lewis Engineering. He was a member of Mercy Love Christian Fellowship. Surviving Mr. Irving are his son, Donnie R. Irving of Marshall; two daughters, Dianne Martin of Texarkana, Texas and Jacqueline Jackson of Marshall, Texas; fourteen grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Taylor, Wendell Jackson, Jimmy Mills, Carey Jackson, Winifred "Bo" Green and Roy Milton Taylor, Sr.