Robert Glenn Arrowood, 74, of Warren, died Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at the Veterans Hospital in Little Rock. He was born Thursday May 12, 1949 in Bakerfield, Calif., a son of the late Albert Arrowood and Viona Oxner Arrowood.
Glenn loved to travel and explore history; he was a retired pipe fitter serving out of local 155, he was a very family-oriented man. After his high school graduation in 1968, he joined the Navy and went to Vietnam. Glenn served his country on the aircraft carrier USS Hancock; he was a flagman for the jets that flew off the carrier and he attained perfection in communicating with flags the 13 instructions pilots receive before taking off from him.
Surviving is his wife, Sue Arrowood whom she married March 7, 1998 in Calmer. A son, Garrett Arrowood, Warren. Step-daughters, Frances Taylor (Scott), Warren, and Jennifer Orr (Todd), Hot Springs. Brothers, James Arrowwood (Shirley), Carlos Arrowood, Ricky Arrowood and Dicky Arrowwood all of Benton, Roy Arrowood, Haskill, Wendell Arrowood (Patricia), Malvern. Sisters, Laverne Boyce (Billy), Searcy, Linda Williams, Inverness, Fla. and Barbara Kirkpatrick, Benton. Eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral was 3 p.m. Saturday, November 18, 2023, at First Assembly of God Church. Burial was in Williams Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
