December 2008

VERNA LEE ARNOLD

 

Funeral for Verna Lee Arnold, 91, of Alto will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, at the Old Palestine Baptist Church with the Rev. Odis Bryan officiating. Burial will be in Old Palestine Cemetery.

Mrs. Arnold died Monday. She was born Oct. 26, 1917, in Reklaw to Homer and Leola Thrash Townley. She lived in Alto all of her life and was a member of the Old Palestine Baptist Church. She retired from the state after working 20 years as a social worker.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Jimmy Allen and Von Arnold; a brother, Cecil Townley; and a sister, Juanita Ransome.

Survivors are a brother and sister-in-law, Marshall and Dora Townley of Alto; a step-son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Mary Arnold of Missouri City; two step-daughters, June and Carroll Jones of Tyler and Scharla and Don Carver of Alto; nieces and nephews, Kenneth Townley, Donna Townley, Jimmy Townley, Cecil Allen Townley, Karen and Norris Kent, Janet and Dennis Geddie and Susan and Terry Barrow; numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

Information from The Cherokeean Herald