July 18, 2020
Mrs. Ethel Christine Young Arnold age 95 of Smithville, TN, died July 17,2020. She was born September 30, 1924, in DeKalb County, TN, was a homemaker, and a member of New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church. Ethel loved her family dearly, was a Christian lady, and enjoyed writing poetry. She was preceded in death by parents Waymon E. and Julia Ann Redmon Young, her husband Ralph Arnold, Jr., a son Jewel Reed Arnold, grandson Gary Robinson, sisters Ada L. Young, Stella Young, Mary Bell Robinson, Edith Evans, and Lillie May Lawson and her brothers Winfred, Felix, William G., Clarence M., Charlie, and James Ed Young.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Ricky (Debbie) Arnold, daughter-in-law Christine Arnold, grandchildren Dennis (Gina) Arnold and Joseph (Christy) Arnold, great-grandchildren Adam, Jordan, Bryson, Sam, Yasmin, Lealon Arnold, and Kelah Curtis, great-great grandchild Gauge Pack, brother-in-law Cordell Chapman, and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Nell and Dean Snyder. Several nieces, nephews, family members and friends also survive.
Funeral service will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday July 21, 2020 in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Jeff Winfrey will officiate. Interment will follow at DeKalb Memorial Gardens in Smithville, TN. The Arnold Family will receive friends on Tuesday from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church or Mt. View Primitive Baptist Church.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.