Rachel Victoria Tester

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“The Tomahawk,” Wednesday, April 17, 1963
Rachel Victoria Tester Arnold...
...Rachel Victoria Tester Arnold, age 82 of Neva died at her home Friday at 1:45 p.m. after a lengthy illness. She was a life-long resident of Johnson County and a member of the Locust Gap Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include the husband, J.H. (Ham) Arnold, Neva; one son, Duff Arnold, Shouns; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Tester, and Mrs. Volma[sic] Minks, Neva; three brothers, Duff Tester, Grover Tester and Spurgeon Tester, all of Butler; 21 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Also a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted from the Locust Gap Baptist Church Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. H.C. Price and Rev. D.C. Byrd to officiate. Burial was in Gambill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Arnold, Coolidge Arnold, Bill Dunn, Keely Mink, John Mink and Dr. Ira Gambill.
Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge.

Rachel married John Hamilton "Ham" Arnold on 21 Dec 1899 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. John (son of Alexander Arnold and Nancy Morelda Stout) was born about 1877 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Jun 1969 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Gambill Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duff Arnold, 94, 895 Sandy Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away Monday, October 4th, 2010. He was a native of the Neva Community in Johnson County. He worked for Burlington Industries and was a foreman for Mountain Farms. He was a deacon at Central Baptist Church and also an avid hunter and fisherman. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Hamilton "Ham" Arnold and Victoria Tester Arnold, one brother Marshall Arnold, two sisters, Velma Mink and Sarah Tester, and one granddaughter, Stacie Anglemyer

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Rev. Raleigh Mack Arnold Sr., age 78, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went on to be with the Lord Thursday, June 20, 2019 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born August 21, 1940 in Mountain City, Johnson County, TN to the late Raleigh Duff Arnold and Nellie Rhea Tester Arnold. In addition to his parents Mack was preceded in death by a baby sister Alice.

Mack was a pastor for 33 years at the Porters Grove Baptist Church in Conowingo, MD where he retired. After he retired he returned to Mountain City, TN where he did pulpit fill-ins and revivals for the remainder of his life. He was in the pulpit filling in at Antioch Baptist 2 weeks prior to his death. He loved the Lord, his family and was well respected. Mack loved to fish, hunt and enjoyed Ginseng and wild egg hunting as well. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten or equaled. In his ministry there were over 2,000 souls saved.

Those left to cherish his memories included his wife of 59 years, JoAnn Parish Arnold, son, Mack Arnold, Jr. and wife Mary, grandsons, Justin Arnold and wife Josie and Luke Arnold, great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Arnold, great-grandsons, James Arnold and John Arnold, sisters, Mary Bishop and husband Joe and Phyllis Anglemeyer, brothers, Jack Arnold and wife Fern, Johnny Arnold and wife Teresa and Jett Arnold.

The family will receive friends on Saturday June 22, 2019 from 3-5:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with the funeral service to follow at 5:00 p.m. with Rev. Dan Sheffield the director of Susquehanna Baptist Association and Rev. Mack Arnold, Jr. officiating. Graveside service and burial will follow from the Bakers Gap Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Justin Arnold, Luke Arnold, John Parish, Brian Parish, Isaiah Penley and Ron Billiot. Honorary pallbearers are Jack Arnold, Johnny Arnold, Jett Arnold, Barry Bishop, Frank Bishop and Trenton Wilson.

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Lewis Lou Arnold, age 74, of 161 Hamby Lane, Mountain City, TN passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabethton, TN. He was born January 27, 1942 in Neva, Tennessee to the late Marshall R. Arnold and Opal Dean Tester Arnold.

Survivors include: two daughters: Tammy Griffin and husband Edwin of the home, Deborah Dickens and husband Norman of Laurel Bloomery, TN. Three sons: Jimmy Ward, Lenoir, N.C. David Ward, Lenoir, N.C. and Timmy Arnold, of Oxford, PA. Fourteen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.

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