Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ARNOLD, ARTHUR A.  SR.  November 28, 2006
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News Star World - December 1, 2006
ARTHUR A. "YANKIE" ARNOLD, SR. 

Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Road, Monroe 

Funeral services for Arthur A. "Yankie" Arnold, Sr., 73, will be held at 10 
AM, Saturday, December 2, 2006 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, 2308 Sterlington 
Road, Monroe, LA. Interment will be in Atlanta, TX in the afternoon. Mr. 
Arnold was born on November 11, 1933 in Fort Worth, TX and passed away 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 in Winnsboro after a lengthy illness. He was a 
graduate of Delhi High School and Louisiana Tech University receiving a B.S. 
degree and a Masters plus 30. He began his career as an educator teaching 
electronics at Keesler Air Force Base, later teaching chemistry and physics, 
coaching baseball and football in Houma, La and then in Ferriday, LA. He 
continued his career as a Supervisor in the Concordia Parish School System for 
an additional twenty one years. He was a member of Sevier Memorial United 
Methodist Church in Ferriday, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of New Orleans, 
the Ferriday Masonic Lodge #390 and the Barak Shrine Temple of Monroe. He was 
also a member of the Louisiana Retired Teacher's Association, past president 
of the Concordia Parish Federation of Teachers and Support Employees, former 
member of the Concordia Parish School Board, past chairman of the Concordia 
Parish Port Commission, former member of the Louisiana Tech Alumni 
Association, Scout master, and past president of the Dixie Boys and Dixie 
Senior Baseball league of Concordia Parish. He was preceded in death by his 
parents, Andrew Jack and Louise Bowen Arnold and his first wife Jeanette 
Vining Arnold. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mary Ann Magoun Arnold, 
his children and their spouses Jack and Cindy Arnold of Houston, TX, Art and 
Kathy Arnold of Houston, TX, David and LaLou Arnold Garner of Monroe, LA and 
Mike and Nicole Irwin of Jackson, MS; his sister, Patsy Arnold Boudreaux of 
Ruston, LA; his niece who was like a daughter and her husband Rodney and 
Precia Smith of Ruston; his grand children, Jessica Arnold, Drew Arnold, 
Kaitlynn, Tripp and Ashlynn Arnold all of Houston, TX, Ashton and Rebecca 
Garner of Monroe, LA, Zachary and Hannah Irwin and Olivia and Lee Tanner of 
Jackson, MS and great-grandchildren Elyse Arnold and Bryce Brown of Houston, 
TX; and numerous other relatives, nieces, nephews and dear friends. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Harry Creighton, Warren Enterkin, David O'Briant, Gary 
Parnham, Theo Rabb and Ricky Raven. Visitation will be Friday at Mulhearn 
Funeral Home, 2308 Sterlington Road, Monroe from 5:00 — 8:00 p.m. Memorials 
may be made to the Methodist Children's home in Ruston, the American Heart 
Association, the American Diabetes Association or the charity of your choice. 
The family would like to thank Plantation Manor, Hospice TLC, and Dr. Vernon 
Baldwin for the loving care given during Mr. Arnold's illness.

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