Arnold Ancestors - Generation 4 - Joan Frances Arnold

Joan Frances Arnold was born 06 August 1923 Banner, Cleburne County, Arkansas

PHOTO: Joan Arnold and cousin Ruth Carter.

There's a little story that goes with this picture, told by Joan's daughter Betty:

I know my mother put rocks in her pockets so her pockets would show in the picture.  She was so proud to have pockets on her dress.  She said she begged Ma to put the pockets on the dress.

                                                             

PHOTO: George and Jessie with their first 5 children - Amos, Arbie, Wilma, Opie and Obie

PHOTO: George and Jessie's girls (Amos had died by the time this picture was taken)

Joan Arnold married Virgil John Hays in 1941.

I don't have a picture of Virgil.

Joan and Virgil Hays had five children - Mamie, Robert, Kenneth, Betty, and Lila.

Here are some pictures of Joan as an adult.

PHOTO: Joan (right) and one of her daughters. I don't know which one. I took this picture at the Carter/Arnold family reunion in 1983.

PHOTO: Opie and Obie and Joan 1986

PHOTO: Ruby, Bertha Lee, Joan, Opie, Verlie, Obie 1994

PHOTO: Olan Hicks, Joan Arnold, unknown woman (undoubtedly a cousin, but I don't know which one), Verlie Arnold 2010

PHOTO: Joan and Verlie

PHOTO: Verlie and Joan

PHOTO: Verlie and Joan

This picture was taken at Verlie's 100th birthday party in 1921

OBIT:

  Joan Francis Hays, age 99, of Rosebud, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Born on August 6, 1923, in Step Rock, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late George and Jessie Tamsett Arnold. 

  Joan was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother, great grandmother, great great-grandmother. She worked as a factory worker for Aeroquip for many years. 

  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Virgil Hays, one brother Amos, 4 sisters Opie, Obie, Arbie, Wilma, 4 half-sisters Ruby, Clora Mae, Delena, Bertha Lee, and 1 half-brother Raymond. She is survived by her sister Verlie Garrett, age 101, of Banner, Arkansas, 5 children Mamie Felton of South Haven, Michigan, Robert (Lynn) Hays and wife Phyllis of Zeeland, Michigan, Kenneth Hays and wife Betty of Wilburn, Arkansas, Betty Wieghmink and husband Wes of Wilburn, Arkansas, Lila Schneider and husband Frank of Rosebud, Arkansas, 18 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, 39 great-great-grandchildren, many other family members and friends.

  The family would like to thank Hospice: Lennetta, Megan, Donna, Brandi, and Chaplain Chad, for the wonderful care that they provided.

  Visitation will be held from 6:00pm – 8:00pm on Monday, January 9, 2023 with funeral services beginning at 2:00pm on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Olmstead Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Magness Cemetery.