Nathan Kyle Flint

ARLINGTON -- Nathan Kyle Flint, 34, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Wade Family Funeral Home, 4140 W. Pioneer Pkwy, Arlington. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Wade Funeral Home. Memorials: Faith Home Alcohol Rehab, PO Box 39 Greenwood, SC 29648. http://www.faithhomegwd.net Nathan was born in San Jose, California and has lived in Arlington for the past 27 years. Nathan received his B.A. from Austin College in classical civilizations (Ancient Greek/Roman history, literature, philosophy, Latin and Greek) and his second major in Theater Arts. He earned his M.F.A. from UNT in Documentary Film. Nathan was also a certified chef from Austin's Cordon Bleu Culinary School. Nathan worked as a history/Latin teacher and cooking instructor/assistant coach at the Flint Academy of Arlington. He also worked as a chef at The Four Seasons & Renaissance Hotels in Austin and later as a chef at various nursing homes helping the elderly and finally at Shady Valley Country Club. Nathan played baseball at Arlington High School and Austin College and enjoyed basketball. He played the piano beautifully. Nathan was tender-hearted, supportive and was a very spiritual, strong Christian. However, he battled alcoholism for most of his adult life, having been hospitalized over 8 times for reactions to withdrawal. He was in residential rehab twice. Thank you to Faith Home of North Carolina for providing free rehab. Throughout all of his struggles, Nathan's faith in Christ was unwavering. He was attempting to detox from alcohol so that he could enter Faith Home Rehab again. He said, "Mom, I'm going to try again." During his detox he had a seizure, hit his head, and did not recover. Thank you to Medical Center of Arlington and Harris Methodist Hospital for offering tremendous compassion in such a difficult time. Nathan was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lillian Mae and Marshall Lee Flint. Survivors: Parents, John and Paula Flint; brothers, Caleb and fiance, Lauren Campbell and Micah and fiance, Dominique Vaheed; niece, Taylor; grandparents, Eugene and Donna Sullivan; aunts, Christine Mooradian and husband, John and Debi Hull and husband, Joe; uncle, Steve Sullivan and wife, Lisa; and cousins, Joe, Jack, Tony, Catherine, Sean, Todd, Dana, Kati Rose, Whitney, JoJo and T.J. Wade Family Funeral Home Arlington, 817-274-9233