Louise Arnold
Louise Pinkard Montgomery Arnold, 80, of Chattanooga, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 19, 2020.
She was a graduate of Howard High School and retired from Uniform Rental Services. Louise served for 10 years as a devoted volunteer at Memorial Hospital. She always said that she felt blessed to help patients because that opportunity was a blessing to her. She was a former member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church and later became a faithful member of 31 years at Second Missionary Baptist Church.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Lucille Pinkard; brother, James Edward Pinkard; sister, Willie Mae Pinkard; and nephew, Leslie Vaughn Prater.
Survivors include her sons, Ronald (Dollie) Montgomery, Sr., Spencer Montgomery, Sr., and Terry Montgomery; grandchildren, Spencer Montgomery, Jr., Kerry (Tyra) Montgomery, Shemila Montgomery, Ronald Montgomery, Jr., and LaQueta Desirea (Adrian) White; four great-grandchildren, all of Chattanooga; devoted niece, Dr. Loretta (Dwight) Prater of Cape Girardeau, MO, other nieces including Janice Pinkard of New Haven, CT and Patrice Johnson of Chicago, IL; great-nephew, Stefan (Heather) Prater of Tacoma, WA; brother-in-law, Leroy Montgomery of Atlanta, GA; cousin, Dorothy (Alvin) Winton of St. Louis, MO; devoted friends, LeMorris Wynn and Katrina Gordon; a host of other nephews; nieces; cousins; and friends.
Visitation will be on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 10 a.m. at Orchard Knob Missionary Baptist Church.
Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. with Dr. Ernest Reid as the eulogist and Dr. Paul A. McDaniel presiding. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.