William Delorne Arnold

William Deloren Arnold entered this world on September 12, 1929 and passed on to meet his Maker exactly 93 years on that same date in 2022. Bill was born to Lester Jefferson Arnold and Ottie Mildred Harrison of Eustace, Texas.

Bill graduated from Eustace High School in 1946. He was honorably discharged from the US Naval Reserves, serving from December, 1947 to November, 1955. He began working at Vought Aircraft in 1948, located in Grand Prairie, Texas (which later became E-Systems). His job assignments took him to Oklahoma, California, Florida, Porta Rico, Ohio, and Thailand. Bill then started working at Eastman-Kodak in Dallas, where he met his "sweet darlin'", Frances Varnadore. They were married September 15, 1975, creating a blended family. Bill had three children, William, Richard, and Sheila, with his first wife, Sarah. Frances had three children, Jim, Ronny, and Marcia with her first husband, Howard.

Bill loved watching and feeding the birds, gardening, playing competitive 42 dominos, and playing with his cat.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, John Linton Arnold; sister, Helen Louise Taxis; sister, Maxine Arnold; step-son, Ronald Wayne Varnadore; and son-in-law, Roman Edward McDonald.

Survivors include: Wife of 47 years, Frances Helen Arnold of Sachse, Texas; son, William Gregory Arnold and his wife, Tracy of Plano, Texas; granddaughter, Lyndsay and her husband, Paul Hyland; great-granddaughters, Kerri, Georgia, and Annabelle Hyland of Allen, Texas; son, Richard Allen Arnold of Plano, Texas; daughter, Sheila Louise McDonald of Mesquite, Texas; grandson, Sean McDonald and his girlfriend, Susanna Welch of Plano, Texas; step-daughter, Marcia and her husband, Ken Snider of Wylie, Texas; grandson, Matthew and his wife, Cristi Gomez; great-grandsons, Aidan, Bram, and Gage Gomez of Murphy, Texas; granddaughter, Amber and her husband, Ben Mace of Fort Worth, Texas; step-son, Jim and his wife, Jackie Varnadore of Farmington, New Mexico; grandson, Josh and his wife, Rachael Varnadore, along with four great-grandchildren of Farmington, New Mexico; grandson, Jimmy and his wife, Haley Varnadore; and two great-grandchildren of Phoenix, Arizona.

A Graveside service will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 1:00pm at the Moorehead Melton Cemetery; located in Eustace, Texas.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.eubankcedarcreek.com for the Arnold family.