Funeral service for Jimmy Arnold will be at 10 AM Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at The New Life Evangelism Center in Natchitoches, LA with Rev. Dennis Bjornberg officiating. Burial will be in Roberts Cemetery at Provencal, LA under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches, La. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 29, 2008 from 5 PM until 9 PM in the funeral home and on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 from 9 AM untill service time in the church.
Mr. Arnold, 61, of Natchitoches, La., died Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Natchitoches, La.
He was a native of Provencal, La. He was a retired truck driver. He was a member of New Life Evangelism Center. He was a veteran of Vietnam Conflict serving in U. S. Air Force.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Morris Uldee Arnold and Eurilda Blanche Wyble Arnold.
He is survived by his wife, Diana Wendt Arnold of Natchitoches, La.; one daughter, Belinda Sue Arnold of Natchitoches, La.; two sons, Morris Arnold and wife Sondra of Many, La. and Robert Arnold and wife Monda of Natchitoches, La.; six grandchildren, John Arnold, Brendan Arnold, Michael Arnold, Krystal Hutson, Tara Mannon, and Becca Mannon; three sisters, Judy Bolton of Provencal, La., Frances Norsworthy and Joyce Arnold both of Natchitoches, La.; two brothers, Bert Arnold of Deweyville, Tx. and Glen Morris of Va.
Pallbearers will be Dee Holman, Tony Swords, Steve Swartz, Wayne Norsworthy, Alfred Gillespie, and Kelly Gourdon.
Honorary pallbearers will be Brian Swords and Billy Martin.
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