Mr. Eddie Arnold

ARNOLD, Mr. Eddie - Age 86, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at Willowbrook Manor. Mr. Arnold will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E Moon Funeral Home, 906 W Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed Friday, June 30, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. After which, he will be taken to Gordonville, Alabama. Interment Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Eddie Columbus Arnold was born on August 11, 1936 in Collirene, Alabama, the oldest son of twelve children born to the union of Mr.& Mrs. Arthur and Lula Belle (Henderson) Arnold. Eddie confessed Christ at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Gordonville, Alabama. In later years, he became a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Saginaw, Michigan. He later united with First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, Michigan. His most recent membership was at Jachin Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Derrick Watkins. Eddie was a product of Lowndes County Training School. He was employed 30 years a General Motors Corporation in Flint, Michigan. He loved to weld and built a variety of different things. There was nothing you could tell him that he didn’t already know. “Eddie C.” departed this life on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Flint, Michigan. Mr. Arnold was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur and Lula Belle (Henderson) Arnold; oldest son, Eddie Jr.; daughter, Donna; brothers, James and John Arthur; and sister, Lillian Fair. Mr. Eddie Columbus Arnold leaves to mourn his loss and carry on his legacy: sons, Joseph (Kimberly) Williams and Artis (Michelle) Deloney, all of Flint, Michigan: daughter-in-law, Tina Arnold of Saginaw, Michigan; 24 grandchildren including the oldest grandson, Cetrice (Angelica) Bowens Sr. who was his devoted and final caregiver; a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. Eddie also leaves sisters, Eleanor (Andrew) Choice of Flint, Michigan and Louise Arnold; brothers, Willie (Carmelita) Arnold, all of Collirene, Alabama, Colvin (Terri) Arnold of Flint, Michigan and Melvin (Shirley) Arnold of Collirene, Alabama; sisters-in-law, Jo Ethel Arnold and Regina Arnold, both of Flint, Michigan; and a special friend, Toya Davis of Flint, Michigan.

Mr. Eddie Arnold

August 11, 1936 - June 21, 2023