Obituary of William F. Arnold ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:33:00 -0500 From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008 ********************************** William F. Arnold Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 10, 1938 Prominent State Methodist Passes Dr. William F. Arnold, 76 years old, of Winchester, Ky., Dean of Kentucky Methodism and author of two volumes on the history of his church in the Bluegrass State, died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Infirmary, Louisville. Dr. Arnold, a native of Nicholas County, had been in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Kentucky, since his graduation from Kentucky Wesleyan College. Following his retirement as a minister after serving a score of pulpits, Dr. Arnold wrote two books captioned, "The History of Kentucky Methodism." He was at work on a third volume at the time of his death. Dr. Arnold was editor of the Central Methodist, church organ, and a former educational secretary of the church. He had served as presiding elder in virtually every district in Kentucky, and was named to various honorary positions by the church.