McArthur was born January 29, 1949 in Winston County, Mississippi to the parents of Garland Haynes and Mary Inell Haynes Hudson.
McArthur was preceded in death by parents; siblings; Johnnie Gaines, Belva H. Eiland, Garlene H. Cooper and Walter Paul Haynes.
McArthur is survived by children, Mark Demond (Jessica Demond), Lachanda Quinta Triplett, Jamil Buie, Aisha Shiddat (Larry Lewis), Moriah Shiddat and Ameer Shiddat; grands, 20, a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and family.