Arthur E. Pool

Arthur Eugene "Art" Pool, age 83, passed away Thursday evening, September 7, 2017, at his home in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Mr. Pool will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 noon prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Forrest Memorial Park. Rev. Bradley Burnett will officiate. Art was born September 21, 1933 to the late Harold F. Pool and Alice Lucille Knorr Pool in Madison County, IN. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. Art was the owner of Art's T.V. Service for 45 years in Batesville and Oxford. When not working on T.V.'s, Art had many hobbies. He enjoyed fishing and bird hunting. He was good at wood working and proud to be a member of the NRA. He could often be found searching for Morel mushrooms. Art was of the Baptist Faith. Those he leaves behind to cherish his precious memory include his loving wife Billie Henry Pool of Oxford, his children; Marina Ann Pool of Anderson, IN., Alice Lucille Pool of Oxford, MS, Tanya Lillian Pool of Somerville, TN., and Vincent Eugene Pool of Batesville, MS., his siblings; Beverly Wallis of Ellwood, IN., Mary Alice Boyland of Longview, TX., Suzanne Biddle of Elwood, IN., Vickie Kinnaman also of Elwood, Robert Pool and Randy Pool, both of Marion, IN. step-daughters; Jennifer Jackson Tomlinson of Walnut, MS., Emily Jackson Cofer of Abbeville, MS., and Marcia Jackson Houston of Oxford, MS., 18 Grandchildren and 14 Great Grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Art is preceded in death by one child, Ray Eugene Pool.