Louella Mae Arnold

Louella Mae Arnold was born on June 8, 1929 in Antelope, Montana to Mary and Virgil Richardson. In March of 1931 the family moved to New Market, VA. Louella had two younger sisters, Louise, who died in 1989 in Worcester, MA and Beatrice who lives at Chestnut Farms, TN. The family moved to Montross, VA in 1943, then returned to New Market in 1947. In 1948 Louella's aunt Mae Moore invited her to come live with her in Arlington, VA. She got a job at the Woolworth store. She met her second cousin, Priscilla's boyfriend, Roland Arnold. Once he saw how beautiful, sweet and caring she was, he fell in love and asked her to marry him. They were married on March 10, 1949 at Fort Myer Chapel, as Roland was a Private in the Army. It rained very hard all that day, but that must have been a good sign-they had a good marriage and he loved Louella until he died in 1985. Louella and Roland lived in Arlington, VA for their first four years together. Then they had a house built in Franconia, VA and moved there in 1953 with their two daughters, Darlene and Kathy. Then they had three sons, Kenny, Gary and Bill. Louella was a wonderful mother. She always made everyone's birthday very special every year. Holidays at her house were also wonderful with the smell of the many cookies she baked. She could also fix a sore throat, bee sting, missing button, sibling feud etc. She was a Cub Scout den mother and babysat so her kids could have extra things they wanted. Many of the children that she babysat for loved her so much that they still send her Christmas cards even though they are grown with children of their own. She made sure her children went to Sunday School and made sure each of them finished high school. Louella was also brave-she decided to learn to drive while in her forties. When Roland retired because of health problems, she decided to work outside of the house. She worked at the Red Lobster on Van Dorn Street in the Kitchen. After a year, she started working at the Giant Food store across the street until she retired several years later. While Roland was alive, both he and Louella were active members of Franconia Moose Lodge. Everyone who met Louella never forgot her. People would always say how lovely and sweet she was and will miss her very much, especially her children and 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to "Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine-ARVD Program" and mailed to attn: Fund for Research in ARVD, 1 Charles Center, 100 N. Charles, Suite 400, Baltimore, MD 21201.

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Louella Mae Arnold

June 8, 1929 - January 26, 2011