Gene Arnold December 17, 1935 – June 20, 2022

Gene Arnold

December 17, 1935 – June 20, 2022

Gene Arnold, age 86, from Whitney, originally from Jonesboro, passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, June 20, 2022.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Lawson Funeral Home in Meridian. Pastor Matt Dossey will officiate. Burial will be in the Meridian Cemetery.

Gene was retired from General Motors. When he was young, he had a country and western band, Gene Arnold & The Countrymen. He was a devoted husband whose number one priority was his family. He loved to travel. He was a Deacon at Jonesboro Baptist Church.

Left to cherish his memories are his wife of 66 years, Fairy Arnold of Whitney; daughters, Debra Arnold of Temple, Janice Edwards and husband, Robert, of Whitney; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren; sisters, JoAnne Cagle of Fort Worth, Ruth Hooper of Fort Worth, Jane Gilbreath and husband, Mack; numerous other relatives and many friends.

Preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd Wesley and Nellie Ruth Cox Arnold; brother, Jackie Don Ray; sisters, Linda Schultza, Edith Appleton; and daughter, Donna Myers.

Arrangements were entrusted to Lawson Funeral Home, Meridian, Texas 254-435-2792.