Linda Ellen Whitson Arnold was born on July 25, 1939, in Roby, Illinois, to Valmore Sunday Whitson and Letha Stuart Whitson. She was one of six children, and she graduated from Rochester High School in 1956. She moved to Tampa, Florida, in 1957 and started to work at Tampa Electric Company as the receptionist for the Personnel Department at the Dale Mabry office. It was at Tampa Electric Company that she met Robert (Bobby) Arnold. They were married on September 2, 1960, at the First Baptist Church of Brandon. Bobby and Linda were married for 60+ years and had two children: Robby, and David. She attended the University of Tampa for two years and completed her college education at University of South Florida in 1992, with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Linda was a master quilter who was written up in quilting magazines and a talented watercolor artist. She was a business entrepreneur who opened and owned the Calico Quilt Shop in Brandon for seven years.
Linda was baptized at Parkland Baptist Church in Winter Haven Florida in 1966. She was a dedicated Christian for the rest of her life and an active member of the First Baptist Church of Lake Wales when she died. She was actively involved in civic programs and served on Hillsborough County Library Board and the Board of Directors for Center Place in Brandon. Linda was a breast cancer survivor, and she was bedridden for only four days after battling Parkinson’s disease for 29 years. She went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 1, at 12:30 in the afternoon. She is survived her husband, Bobby Arnold, and her two sons: Robby (& Michele) and David (& Diane) Arnold. She was preceded in death by her sister, Judy May Hopkins, and she is survived by her sisters: Janet Lois (& Ron) Tarr, Leta Marlene Whitson; and her two brothers: Valmore Edward Whitson (& Marian) and Stuart Whitson. Finally, she is also survived by six grandchildren: Samuel (& Brynna), Sarah, Hannah, Jonathan, Daniel, and Dylan, and a favorite great-nephew, Morgan Arnold.
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