Harry Thomas James (T.J.) Bivins, 90, Wellsville, Kan., passed away, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home. A memorial service will be 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at Wilsons Funeral Home in Wellsville. A private burial at the Wellsville Cemetery will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the TJ Bivins Memorial Fund with contributions to go equally to the Wellsville City Library and VITAS Hospice Care in care of Wilson's, PO Box 486, Wellsville, KS 66092. TJ Bivins was born Oct. 2, 1924, in rural Miami County the son of Harry and Phonnie (Abney) Bivins. He grew up around Wellsville and married Ruby Kathleen (Kay) Sluder in 1941. To this union four children were born. They later divorced and on April 21, 1966. He married Patricia Ann (Pat) Zahner bringing his step- son, Kurt into the family. Pat preceded him in 2011. Later, TJ would look up his childhood friend, Corrine Hubbard of Butler, Mo. She became his companion and an important part of the last four years of his life. TJ was a man of many talents, various hobbies and a master of many trades. His occupations involved house moving, earth moving and buying and selling almost anything. He was also an accomplished pilot and loved everything about flying, including the buying and selling of several airplanes over the years. In addition to puttering in his shop, he built "Slo Poke," a mechanized sequence of sprockets which became the world's slowest machine. "Slo Poke" was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records and was sold in 2014 to the University of Virginia for their Science Department. He never saw a deck of cards he didn't want to cut or a quarter he wouldn't flip. TJ is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Terry and Claudia Bivins of Lebo, Kan.; daughter and son-in- law, Bonnie and Terry Carder of Stuart, Fla.; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy Kay and Dennis Perkins of Valrico, Fla.; daughter and son-in-law, Carol Bivins and Keith Rothberg of Placitas, New Mexico; son and daughter-in-law, Kurt and Pat Zahner of Gardner; six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren as well. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, Pat, and his only sibling, sister, Maxine Carpenter.