Ralph Arnett, 88 of Dunbar formerly of St. Albans passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday November 27, 2011 at Sweetbrier Extended Living facility.
He was born February 2, 1923 in Spencer, West Virginia to the late Blanche and E. C. Arnott. He was one of 12 brothers and sisters.
Upon graduation from Spencer High School, Ralph went to Baltimore, Maryland to help build planes for WW II. There he met Arietta the love of his life. They moved to Charleston and later to St. Albans where they had 3 children. He worked for FMC as a maintenance foreman and retired in 1978.
Ralph was an active man who built his own house, was a faithful church member at Highlawn Baptist and enjoyed coaching the church youth basketball league. He was also an active member of the St. Albans High School Sponsors Club.
He was a wonderful family man and had an abundance of friends in the Kanawha Valley. Ralph never met a stranger and love to talk and tell stories about his past to friends and family.
He was also preceded in death by his wife Arietta, daughter Linda, brothers Omar, Harlan, Romie, Ray, Roy, and Herb, sisters Thelma, Beulah, Juanita, and Evelyn.
He is survived by his sons Alfred and wife Mary of Lewisburg, Denny and wife Debbie of St. Albans, grandsons: Jon of Huntington, Mark and wife Laura and great granddaughter Alexis of 
Virginia and grandson Davin of Charleston, and brother Kenny Arnott of Dunbar.
Ralph also loved the staff and residents at Sweetbriar. He lived there for 2 plus years, was easily a favorite there of many. The Arnett family thanks the staff there for keeping Ralph happy to the end.
Service will be at ll:00 AM Thursday December 1, 2011 at Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans with Pastor Mark Stauffer officiating. Burial will be at Cunningham Memorial Park St. Albans. Family and friends will gather from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday at the church.
In lieu of flowers please make donations to Highlawn Baptist Church 2304 Jefferson Ave. St. Albans, WV 25177.
Curry Funeral Home Alum Creek has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Dear Denny,
I just opened your card, and was surprised to hear that your Dad had passed away. I know that I talked to him on the phone in the last month. I would have surely come to the funeral, if I had known of Mr. Arnett’s death. I loved growing up on Greenbrier Street, with not only all of the kids, but their parents, too, whom I grew to care about very much. I’ll be in touch. Love, Penny Rutherford Trowbridge Young
To the Family of Mr. Arnett please accept my deepest sympathy. Ralph was one of the most positive individuals I was ever around. When I attended St. Albans High I had the pleasure of being around Ralph at many of the Basketball Games. He was the type of person that lifted you up and set a great example of how to treat other people. I was the manager on the Basketball Team and we had parents night and I had forgotten to tell my mother to attend. Ralph escorted me across the floor and treated me like I was his child.. He would have done anything for kids and I can only imagine what a true joy it must have been to have him for a father or grandfather.
The St. Albans Community has lost one of its finest citizens and I am sure that your family will be comforted in knowing that he impacted everyone he came in contact with in such a positive way.
Our deepest sympathy to the family of Ralph Arnett. Our prayers for Gods comfort and Grace be with you. Congregation of Liberty Methodist Church,Vandals Fork,(Ralph’s childhood home church)
To: Denny and Alfred and the Rest of the Arnett Family.
Carolyn and I wish to send our sincerest condolences to each and everyone of you and you will be in our thoughts and prayers. The entire Community of St. Albans has lost a great individual, and all of his will miss him. Your Mom and Dad were very sweet, kind, and a very special couple. You always saw them together and they raised 3 wonderful Children and left a beautiful legacy. God Bless each and everyone of you.
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of Mr. Arnett. He was a wonderful man that I had the pleasure of knowing from an early age. I had the pleasure of growing up with his grandsons (John and Mark). I also had the pleasure of knowing his wonderful wife, who worked at my grade school. Mr. Armett always had time to talk and later in life as I would run into him he always gave me updates on how his grandsons were doing. I was saddened to open the paper this morning and see his obituary. Our community lost a wonderful man and many of us are better off for knowing him.