Clover Lee "Coe" Arrington McCall, 85, of Beaumont, Texas, died Friday, April 15, 2005 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital. She was born June 26, 1919 in Ennis, Texas, to Francis (Frank) Webb Arrington and Lorena McCreary Arrington. She lived the early part of her life in Weatherford, and attended Abilene Christian Academy graduating Valedictorian at the age of 16 years.
She is the widow of the late Dr. John Will (Bill) McCall, a Beaumont physician and friend to many. She resided in the Beaumont area fifty-five years.
As well as being an avid reader and bird watcher, Clover liked to travel. She loved the beach, and loved her family dearly. She was a member of the Garden Club, Eastern Star, and Beaumont Art Museum, and former active member of the Beaumont Medical Auxiliary. Bill and Coe McCall were members of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Coe McCall was a fifth generation Texan and very proud of her Texas heritage. Her grandfather William Willis Arrington received his first land grant in Texas from Mexico in 1831. Grandfather Arrington was one of the “Gonzales Immortal Fourteen” and a member of Green DeWitt’s Colony. As an officer he fought at the battle of Goliad, and coined the phrase “Come and Take It” and the Texas battle flag of the same name. The flag is now in the Bob Bullock Texas State Museum in Austin, Texas. He was a Legislative representative to the Republic of Texas Congress in 1834 and was a signor of the Declaration of War against Mexico’s General Santa Anna.
Survivors include her son, Robert Lee Blackwell II and his wife Cathy of Beaumont; daughters, Bessandra Traweek Elder of Austin and Belinda Jo Williams and her husband Alan of Orange; grandchildren, Robert Lee Blackwell III, Mari Blackwell, Kristin Anderson Davis, Meagan Anderson Noonan and her husband Thomas, Brandt Eric Elder, Jared Welch, Megan Williams, Mycah Williams and Manda Williams; great grandchildren, Kodi Shay Davis, Kameron Anderson Davis, Cole Thomas Noonan, Kaitlin Veigh Noonan, Victoria Louise Blackwell, Benjamin Blackwell and other loving family members.
Along with her husband, Dr. John Will "Bill" McCall, Coe was preceded in death by her son, Will McCall; sisters, Kathleen Arrington Bryan and Eleanor Arrington Wand; and brother, Foy Arrington.
Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M Sunday, April 17, 2005 at Broussard’s Chapel, 2000 McFaddin with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of her family and friends will be 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Saturday, April 16, 2005 at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 3430 Harrison Avenue, Beaumont, Texas 77706, in lieu of flowers, in the name of Clover Arrington McCall.
