Catherine Virginia Arrington Hewett, age 84, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. She was born on July 3, 1937, in Wadley, Ga.
She was a 1955 graduate from Leon High School in Tallahassee, Fla. She was the daughter of the late Homer Arrington and the late Estelle Glass. Catherine received her dietetic assistant certification from Chipola Junior College and worked in various nursing homes until the mid-80s. In 1985, she began working at Aucilla Christian Academy, where she served homemade lunches and drove the Tallahassee bus route for about 10 years. Her love of cooking and dessert making was loved by everyone but especially by her children and grandchildren.
Catherine is survived by her son, Thomas “Tom” Harrison (Tammy); daughter, Catherine Hamrick (Rusty); five grandchildren, Mitchell Harrison (Leslie), Tyler Harrison (Laurie), Ashley Harrison, Riley Hamrick and Kyle Hamrick; and two great-grandchildren, Hadley Harrison and Hudson Harrison. She is preceded in death by her son, Emmett C. “Buddy” Harrison, Jr.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, at First Baptist Church, 325 W. Washington St., Monticello, Fla.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice.
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