Matthew

Arnold

Obituary

Matthew Arnold, 89, passed away Friday, December 22, 2017, at Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. James Tyson and the Rev. Gladys Cullins officiating. Mr. Arnold will be laid to rest at Lenox Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 26, 2017, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Jason Broker, Vinson Gaskins, Joseph Rowe, Roy Renew, Randall Riggins and Randle Cannady will serve as pallbearers.

Born February 11, 1928 in Booneville, Mississippi, Mr. Arnold was the son of the late Bobbie Smith Arnold and Lillie Bell Bullock Arnold. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Loretta Dooley Arnold; two brothers; and two sisters. He was a self-employed logger and was a member of Omega Church of God. He loved his family, loved to fish and had lived in Kelltown since 1962.

Mr. Arnold is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Betty Arnold of Alapaha; one daughter, Teresa Arnold of Naylor; one brother, John Arnold of Douglas; two sisters, Elizabeth Horne and Ruth Grooms, both of Mississippi; his grandchildren, Stacey and Harve Woitel, Christie and Wesley Griffin, April Arnold and Mary and Al Scarborough; and four great-grandchildren.