NAME: HERMON HARVEY ARNOLD, AGE 90, LIFETIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 21, 1911 AT UTICA, OK TO JAMES ARTHUR AND MATTIE CANZADY (SMITH) ARNOLD. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2002 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL, SHERMAN, TX. AGE: 90 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS.

EDUCATION: HERMON ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LONE PINE AND MOYERS HIGH SCHOOL. HE DROVE THE SCHOOL BUS WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL.

MARRIED: LOLA ELLEN FLOWERS ON MARCH 15, 1931 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARYLU TIGNOR ON MAY 14, 1994 AT CENTERPOINT, OK.

OCCUPATION: MINISTERED AND PASTORED MANY CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE AREA SINCE BEING ORDAINED IN 1960.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A FREEWILL BAPTIST HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

HERMON TAUGHT TEEN SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT THE LONE PINE SCHOOL HOUSE IN THE 1950'S. KIDS CAME FROM BUCK HORN, LIVELY, FT. TOMPSON COMMUNITIES, AND A FEW FROM CENTERPOINT. A FEW ADULTS CAME BUT THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN. HE FIRST BEGAN PREACHING AT CENTERPOINT WHERE HE WAS ORDAINED AROUND 1960. HE NEVER PASTORED AT HIS HOME CHURCH. HE PASTORED AT ARCHEY F.W.B. (MUD SANDS) - THEN IT WAS CALLED BUCK HORN. HE PASTORED ANTLERS PART TIME FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THEN FULL TIME FOR 5 YEARS. HE PASTORED PLEASANT VIEW FOR 2 OR 3 YEARS, AND ALSO ATOKA. HE HAD A BURDEN TO KEEP HUGO MISSION OPEN AND LABORED THERE FROM 1995 UNTIL 2000.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MARYLU ARNOLD OF THE HOME NEAR CENTERPOINT, OK.

SON: HARVEY LEE ARNOLD AND WIFE ALENE OF CENTERPOINT, OK.

DAUGHTERS: WANDA REE FILLMORE OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. YVONNE MILLER AND HUSBAND LEON OF IRVING, TX. DELORAS BICKEL AND HUSBAND CHARLIE OF THORNTON, CO.

10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER: WALTER DEE ARNOLD AND WIFE PANSY OF CENTERPOINT, OK.

SISTERS: LOVADA PLUNKETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. VIRGINIA VIRGIE HALL OF FARRIS, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JAMES AND MATTIE ARNOLD. 1ST WIFE: LOLA ELLEN ARNOLD ON JANUARY 28, 1995. INFANT BROTHER: LLOYD ARNOLD. DAUGHTER: MAUREEN KAY ARNOLD.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2OO2 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: CENTERPOINT FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

INTERMENT: DARWIN CEMETERY ~ DARWIN, OK..

OFFICIATING: REV. ANCIL SIMMONS. ASSISTING: REV. GEORGE FERGUESON.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) STACY ARNOLD, JIMMY MCCARTY, JODY MCCARTY, DOUGLAS KELLEY, ROGER KELLEY, ROLAND MILLER, LELAND MILLER.