Savannah, GA – David Batchelder Arial was born August 16th, 1942 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He grew up in Montague Center, Massachusetts. He graduated from Turner's Falls High School in 1960, and graduated from Michigan Tech in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in Math. David married the love of his life in 1963. He worked as an actuary in California for five years and then 50 years in Columbia, South Carolina from 1970-2020. Predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Margaret Thompson Arial. Survived by one child, April Arial Carlisle (CJ), and two grandchildren, Margaret "Megan" Carlisle (John) and Mason Carlisle (Kat). After retirement at age 77, he moved to Savannah, Georgia to be closer to family. David passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on October 3rd, 2025. He went to the "Great Actuarial Department in the Sky" as he always used to say and is reunited with his love, Margaret "Peggy". Celebration of life to be announced in the future.
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