Dean Arnold

Dean Arnold, 77, died Friday, August 27, 2010, in Clarendon.

Services were held at 1 p.m., Monday, August 30, 2010, in First Baptist Church in Howardwick with Rev. Dave Stout, Pastor, officiating. Interment was at 4 p.m. in Palo Duro Cemetery in Wildorado. Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Dean was born September 20, 1932, in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Grady M. and Lena M. Roberts Arnold. He married Kathleen Sluder on November 21, 1962, in Amarillo. She preceded him in death on September 18, 1987. He then married Dorothy Lee Bradley on August 21, 1990 in McAlester, Oklahoma. He had been employed by Oldham County as County Maintenance prior to his retirement. He had been a resident of Howardwick for the past 17 years and had served two terms on the Howardwick City Council. He raised bird dogs and loved gardening. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Howardwick.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Kathleen on September 18, 1987; three brothers; and a sister.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Arnold of Howardwick; five sons, Bobby Arnold and wife Angie of Wildorado, Norvell Arnold and wife Jeannie of Amarillo, Wayne Morris and wife Debbie of Fritch, Earnest Morris of Lubbock, and Brian Johnson and wife Gwen of Ringwood, Oklahoma; two daughters, Becky King of Amarillo, and Peggy Arnold and husband Michael of Grass Valley, California; a brother, Bob Fletcher of Holdenville, OK; a sister, Alma Dominic of McAlester, OK; 15 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren with one on the way; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family request memorials be sent to the First Baptist Church in Howardwick or Odyssey Hospice.