Nancy Joyce Harville Arguello joined her parents, her brother Johnny, her nephew Keller, and her great nephew Hayden in Heaven on April 18, 2019.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 3:00 pm at Christian Fellowship Church in Paris. Pastor Mike Fortenberry and Pastor Rick Smith will be officiating. Memorial service and cremation is under the care and direction of Bright-Holland Funeral Home. Friends can visit with the family at the church one hour prior to the service.
Nancy was born to Connie and Lucille Keller Harville on September 11, 1952 in Paris, Texas. She was welcomed at home by her sisters Janice Kay and Carol and her brother Johnny.
The four Harville kids grew up in a home full of humor, hard work and hospitality. Nancy was Fully Harville. She had a great sense of humor, she worked hard and she treated everyone hospitably whether they deserved it or not.
As a child/young adult she and Johnny were Partners in Crime and Mischievous Fun, proving that they were the ones to call if you wanted to take a Walk on The Wild Side.
Nancy graduated from Paris High School in 1970 and from Paris Beauty School. She launched her career as a Hair Dresser while living with her sister Janice in Dallas. An opportunity to cut hair on a cruise ship came along and she jumped at the chance to go on a fun adventure.
She met and married Roger Arguello of El Salvador while serving on the ship. They lived for a time in El Salvador where she became fluent in Spanish. The love of her life, her son Isaac, was born during her stay there.
Becoming a mother changed Nancy’s life dramatically. Isaac was her pride and joy in life. She was his strongest supporter and encourager. She cherished him and nurtured his creative energy.
Upon moving back to Texas Nancy opened a Day Care. She operated it until Isaac started high school at which time she went back to Hair Dressing. She was endlessly patient and willing to try out new and different styles upon request. She could work a miracle on your hair and in your heart after spending some time in her chair.
Nancy was a Giver and a Lover. Her joy was to give. To everyone. It didn’t matter who you were or whether or not you could benefit her in any way. She lived to give. She lived to show you how much she loved you.
She loved Christmas because it is a Perfect Time for Giving. She would decorate her house with a million Nutcrackers and she would spend every penny she had on her family.
She enjoyed a super close relationship with her two sisters. They spoke every day and loved shopping together and singing together in their Mother’s kitchen.
Not only was she a Loving Mother-Daughter-Sister, but she was – hands down – The Greatest Aunt Who Ever Lived. She is known far and wide as Aunt Nancy for good reason. She treated all the children as if they were her own. She would scoop them all up, drive to Taco Delite and order one sweet tea and eleven courtesy cups. She considered it great fun to take the kids to Walmart at midnight to buy pickled okra and white chocolate covered oreos. Then, in pure Nancy fashion, she would page them over the intercom to embarrass them!
Nancy’s touch is far-reaching. If you met her, you felt loved. No question about it. Jesus made Nancy’s heart tender towards people of all shapes, sizes and colors. If you confided a need to Nancy, she would intercede in prayer for you faithfully.
Nancy put all of her trust and faith in God, even in the worst of times. She listened to Him and believed in people. She was a very positive person and she positively will be missed.
She leaves behind her beloved son Isaac and daughter-in-love Crystal McFadden who took very good care of her and enjoyed having her live with them for the past five years in McKinney where she was Nanny to her beloved granddogs Cash and Caroline; her sisters Janice Kay Maye and husband Roy of Clarksville, Carol Staples and husband Ed of McAlester, Oklahoma; sister-in-law Kathy Payne Harville of Paris; beloved nieces and nephews Ronda and Curtis Arrasmith and Kristy Horton, all of Clarksville; Jeff Staples and Julie Staples Taylor, all of McAlester, Oklahoma; Tracy Harville of Edmond, Oklahoma; Emily and Gabe Montoya, Molly and Will Walker, all of Paris; Ellen and Jesse Llamas of Little Elm; eighteen dearly loved great nieces and nephews; along with all the children she helped raise during the Daycare Years; and all the friends of her nieces and nephews who thought she was their Aunt Nancy, too.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215 or the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231.
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