1934-2023. Born in McKinney, his family moved to Amarillo, Clovis, Tucumcari, New Mexico, before settling in Sudan, Texas.
After graduating from Sudan High School, he joined the Air Force in 1952. Trained as a radio operator, he was stationed in Austin, Buloxi, Mississippi, Bangor, Maine, and Tripoli, North Africa. Returning home, he enrolled at Texas Tech, transferred to Hardin-Simmons, graduating in 1959 (BBA). Attended Southwestern Baptist Seminary 1962 (Master of Divinity), 1963 (Master of Religious Education.
Pastored churches in Rosston, Summerfield and El Paso. He entered Clinical Pastoral Education at Baptist Memorial Hospital in San Antonio (1969-1971). Director of Pastoral Care at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio for four years. Became the Pediatric-Adolescent Chaplain at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, for nine years. Obtained his Doctor of Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1989. Developed and led the Pastoral Care Department at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, (now Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital) from 1984 until his 1997 retirement. Moving to Georgetown in 1998, he worked in the Golf Shop at Southwestern University (the best retirement job ever!) and volunteered in the Food Pantry at The Caring Place.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, three children, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials can be made to: The Wesleyan, P.O. Box 486, Georgetown, Texas, 78627, and The Caring Place, P.O. Box 1215, Georgetown, Texas, 78627.
A Celebration of Life will be held for the Reverend Dr. James P. Arnold, Jr. on Friday, March 3, 2023, from 2 – 4 p.m. at The Weslyan, 210 White Heron Drive, Georgetown, Texas.