JOHNSON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Rev. and Mrs. Thomas W. Arnold ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Denise Corvin dcorvin@naxs.com ==================================================================== June 7, 1931 Minister and Wife Die Near Same Hour Saturday Mr. and Mrs A.S. Peery, Richard Peery and W.M. Peery, of Bluefield, Va., and Miss Maola Newberry, arrived at Trade, Tenn., to attend the funeral of the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas W. Arnold. Mrs. Arnold, 91, died at eight o'clock Friday morning. Her husband, 85, who had been ill of pneumonia, was advised by a son of the death of Mrs. Arnold. The aged minister called her name and told his son that he was going with her. That night as the clock struck ten, Mr. Arnold closed his eyes in the final sleep. Both had been married previosly and both owned farms in Ashe County, N.C. Mr. Arnold's first wife was Miss Cora Peery, sister of Squire A.S. Peery, of Bluefield, Va. On Sunday a double funeral was held in the church at Trade, with four ministers in charge. Following the service at church, two hearses drove away in opposite directions. One conveying the body of Mr. Arnold in the cemetery where his first wife is buried, and the other, the body of Mrs. Arnold, to the burying ground of her first husband. The local party returned monday and report one of the most largely attended funerals they had ever witnessed. Rev. Mr.Arnold was here a few weeks ago at which time mention of him was made on this page. _________________________ Genealogical Notes: Thomas Ware Arnold, 19 March 1847 - 3 July 1931, was the son of James R. Arnold and his wife Nancy King. He was born in Knox County, TN, but lived most of his life in Johnson County, TN, and in Ashe County, NC. His first wife was Cora Peery, born on 6 May 1847 as Astoria Mahood, the daughter of Lucinda Jane Mahood. Lucinda Jane Mahood married William Peery in Tazewell County, Virginia. Astoria assumed the Peery surname, and had the nickname Cora. Following her death on 24 Mar 1892, Thomas W. Arnold married the widow Nancy Mattern. This second wife is the one referred to in the above obituary.