Funeral services for Robert T. Arnold Sr., of Meadville, are 2p.m. on Friday, May 6, at O’Zion Baptist Church in Meadville, withburial in the church cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home is in chargeof arrangements.

Visitation begins Thursday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Arnold, 72, died May 2, 2011, at Specialty Long-Term CareHospital in Hammond, La. He was born on August 4, 1938, to Gradyand Cebelle Murray Arnold.

He was a lumber salesman. He was a member of O’Zion BaptistChurch.

Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother.

Survivors are his son, Robert Arnold, Jr. of Meadville; hisdaughters, Deirdre Ann Arnold of Freetown, Sierra Leone, andBarbara Case of McCall Creek; his twin brother, Douglas Arnold ofSouthaven; his sister Delorise Strait of Brookhaven; and fourgrandchildren.