Arnold Dale Oates

I will miss Arnold very much! He was a brilliant man with a kind heart and an incredible work ethic. Aaron and I traveled the world with Arnold and Martha and we had a great time doing it! I will miss Arnold!

Thank you Arnold for your dedication to creating high quality educational systems in all the places you served.
Thank you for being a kind person who always saw the good in people.

As a former teacher and a Gilmont Board member, I was honored to know Arnold. His leadership, his generosity, his knowledge were all enormous. I am grateful to have been influenced by him.

I want to carry on in my Daddy´s footsteps and make sure that his legacy lives on forever. I know you are watching over us! Love you, Dad!

So sorry to hear about Arnold. He was an inspiration to all who knew him.

My deepest sympathy to Martha and family. Dr. Oates experienced so many successes and accomplishments in the education arena. His was a life well lived.

I was very sad to learn of Dr. Oates passing. I was a student at TC Williams during his first years there as Principal and I remember him to this day as a kind man! And I loved reading about his illustrious career! To Mrs. Oates and the whole Oates family may Arnold Oates's memory always be a blessing.

I have many super-positive memories of my time as Interim Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Tyler (preparing the way for Stuart Baskin). Martha and Arnold welcomed me and made sure that my experience in the congregation was a good one! Arnold was my main contact person in the church during that time, and I'm grateful for the entire time I spent in Tyler. He and Martha were so much a part of my year in Tyler and I'm grateful to them both.