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Another year without you.... I still miss you, Best Friend!
John Foster Ripley
October 01, 2025 | Friend


Pensacola, Florida
ARNOLD Jefrey Michael Arnold, a proud United States Marine, died Wednesday. He was 44. Lieutenant Colonel Arnold was born in Dallas, Texas in August 1963, but called Fairhope, Alabama home. He graduated from Auburn University in June 1986 with a B.A. in Mass Communications. While at Auburn, he...
Read MoreAnother year without you.... I still miss you, Best Friend!
John Foster Ripley
October 01, 2025 | Friend
I miss Jef, his smile, and his love. He was indeed a gift from God to me!
John Foster Ripley
August 29, 2024
I miss you Jef and am so grateful for your friendship. I met Jef in Dothan, AL for the short stint that they lived there. We became great friends and enduring Christian brothers. We kept up over the years and he is one of the reasons I've been an engineer now for 35 years. He was at Auburn and reached out via mail (nobody had computers in 1984) and said he had an extra room at Auburn and would love for me to join him there. Thank you Jef! I look so forward to seeing you again just...
Jeff Thomas
August 28, 2024 | Friend
My name is Cyndi. Jef and I were high school friends!!! We continued to communicate as adults. Just found this. Love you my friend!!! Gone too early!! I´ll see you in heaven! Meet me at the gate!!! I´ll be watching for you!!
Cyndi Stephenson
August 10, 2024
Jef remains one of God's greatest gifts to me! I miss him very much.
John Ripley
September 24, 2023 | Work
I so loved this guy! His happiness and spirit for life. He is very missed! What a great guy and loss! Tonya Fair, (813) 748-6988. Email: [email protected].
Tonya Fair
September 15, 2023 | Friend
Jef was my beautiful, loving, & charming stepson for a number of 'growing up' years from the time he was two years old. I will always think of him as my son. The last time I was able to hug him was when he relinquished command in MCAS, Buford, So. Carolina. He will always be also missed by his two sisters and will never be forgotten in my family.
Barbara Arnold
September 14, 2023 | Family
Best friends are few and far between. You are still missed, Jefreysan!
John Foster Ripley
September 22, 2021 | Friend

3 years since my last entry, and a much changed world later, and I find that I still think of you so often Jef. I will miss you forever. Until we meet again. -W
Wendy F
September 21, 2021 | Friend