Later Years
After he retired from education, Kilpatrick engaged in a number of business activities. He was vice-president of Savings Life Group of Shreveport and also served as chairman of the board of directors of Pelican State Bank in Pelican in De Soto Parish.
Kilpatrick also held membership over the years in the Masonic lodge, the Order of the Eastern Star, El Karubah Shriners of Shreveport, the Scottish Rite Society, and the First United Methodist Church of Natchitoches.
Services were held at the First United Methodist Church under the direction of the Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Survivors included his wife of fifty-five years, the former Juanita Cardozier; a daughter, Lael Alexis Kilpatrick of Naples, Florida; a son, Joel Young Kilpatrick, an official of the Louisiana State Police, and his wife, the former Jeri Allen Parker of Natchitoches, and grandchildren Ryan Daniel Kilpatrick, Jared Young Kilpatrick, and Ashley Danielle Schult.
Interment was in the Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches. The family requested memorials to the NSU Foundation Scholarship Fund, Natchitoches, LA 71497.
On May 1, 2009, the NSU president's home was renamed the Arnold Kilpatrick President's Home. The Kilpatricks moved into the residence in 1970. Along with other residences of state college presidents, the NSU structure was constructed with funds from an oil and natural gas account generated by Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.
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