FRANK ARNOLD
FRANK GILBERT ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS, MISSOURI WAS BORN IN RICHWOODS ON MAY 15, 1934. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE DORSEY FLETCHER AND CLARA EDITH ARNOLD. FRANK DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 6, 2003 AT THE JOHN COCHRAN VETERAN MEDICAL CENTER IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-TWO DAYS.
FRANK WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARY JANE PRUITT ON JANUARY 19, 1966 IN DESOTO, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE, MARY JANE ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS, THREE DAUGHTERS, DEBORAH JANE HOLLINGSWORTH AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF RICHWOODS, MARY EDITH ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS AND BECKY ARNOLD OF RICHWOODS, ONE SON, FRANKIE EUGENE ARNOLD AND WIFE CHERI LYNN OF RICHWOODS, SISTER, ANNA BELLE BROWN OF STEEVILLE, GRANDCHILDREN, JUSTIN ARNOLD OF MINERAL POINT, COURTNEY JANE MCHENRY, BROOKE DESIREE MCHENRY AND KAITY COURTWAY ALL OF RICHWOODS AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, JAMES GILBERT ARNOLD AND ONE BROTHER, ROLAND PARKER ARNOLD.
FRANK SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, BEGINNING ON MARCH 6, 1957 AND SEPARATED ON MARCH 5, 1959 IN FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE AND COMPLETED HIS MILITARY OBLIGATION MARCH 5, 1963 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
PUCKY, AS SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW HIM, WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN JESUS CHRIST WHERE HIS FAITH LED HIM TO BE VERY ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH AND SERVED AS ASSISTANT PASTOR. HE ENJOYED TREASURE HUNTING WITH HIS METAL DETECTOR AND THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE. FRANK ENJOYED TAKING TIME TO HUNT FOR SQUIRREL AND DEER. HE LOVED TO SHARE HIS TALENT PLAYING HIS GUITAR WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. FRANK WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2003 AND 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. PAUL HOLLINGSWORTH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE HORINE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE LUKE ARNOLD, PAT ARNOLD, MARTY ARNOLD, KENNETH NASH, CLIFFORD DANIEL VANCE, DARRELL WAYNE VANCE AND ANTHONY MICHAEL VANCE.