Larry Clinton Arant

Larry Clinton Arant, 87, of Matthews, NC, passed away quietly Sunday, April 16, 2023, at the Levine and Dickson Hospice at Southminster. Larry was born in Monroe, North Carolina on March 9, 1936, the son of Johnnie Clyde Arant and Lola Killough Arant. He grew up there, and after school joined the military reserves. In 1964, he was discharged from the reserves after a severe auto accident. Undaunted by this, he founded Northeast Tool and Manufacturing. The company began in the basement of his home on Kilbourne Drive in Charlotte, then moved to Indian Trail, and eventually in 1970, moved to 15200 Idlewild Road, where it operates today. Northeast Tool and Manufacturing has gone on to become a preferred supplier of precision-machined components and complex assemblies for commercial aviation, defense, and space industries. The company has been named a Charlotte Business Journal Family Business of the Year winner, and is currently poised through his son and grandson to continue leading for decades ahead. Larry’s life, however, was not just about work. Larry lived to serve and see the betterment of his friends, church family and community. Larry was a member of the Lions Club of Indian Trail and a founding member of Charlotte Chapter NTMA, in addition to being a church deacon and Sunday School teacher. Larry is survived by son, Rusty (wife Pam) Arant of Mint Hill; his grandchildren: Joshua (wife Carol) Arant and their children James, Elizabeth and Luke of Puerto Rico; Aaron (wife Marion) Arant and their sons Mac and Knox of Charlotte; his brothers: Bill (Peggy) Arant, Richard (Lynn) Arant, Gary (Kay) Arant, Perry (Sherry) Arant; and his sister, Yvonne (Ronnie) Miles. Larry is further survived by numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, in 2019, as well as his parents and brother, Cecil Arant. Services honoring the life, love and blessing of Larry will be held at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at First Baptist Church of Matthews. The family will receive friends at the church that morning from 11:00 am until the time of service. After the service, Larry will be taken in formal procession to his final place of earthly rest, Sunset Memory Gardens: 8901 Lawyers Road, Charlotte. There he will be laid to rest next to his wife, Ruth. Larry’s family has given the family of Lowe-Neddo Funeral Home the privilege of caring for him and them. In honor of the love and care shown to their father in his final earthly days, memorials in Larry’s name would be appreciated to Hospice and Palliative Care Charlotte Region, online at www.hpccr.org

Larry Clinton Arant

March 9, 1936 - April 16, 2023