Victim of 2010 Flood
Danny Lee TOMLINSON
Obituary
TOMLINSON, Danny Lee Age 39. God Is Good, All The Time! Funeral Saturday, October 2, 2010. Visitation 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Service at 3 p.m., at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Rd., Nashville, TN (615) 352-5710. Dale Robble, Pastor. Casual attire. Burial at Harpeth Hills. CREMATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, 615-477-9359. www.CremationandFuneralServices.com
Published in The Tennessean from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2, 2010
They called off the search, but they'll never stop looking.
Family and friends of Danny Tomlinson will gather Sunday for a memorial service and a celebration of the life of Nashville's final flood victim.
Swept out of his car and lost in the flood on the first day of May, Tomlinson was the focus of a massive search effort. His family, friends and local volunteers joined rescue workers and out-of-town search teams who have been out every day for the past month.
He was his mother's only son; a shy, handsome man with a soft spot for stray animals and a tattoo of Jesus on his back.
Not knowing where he was, not being able to put him to rest, was agony. But this week, his family made the decision to scale back the daily searches to a weekend effort. It was time to get back to something resembling a normal life; time to go back to work; a time to mourn.
"He was my cherished blessing," said mother Sherry Wilson, who still will be out there searching for him, every weekend, with anyone who wants to help.
At Sunday's memorial service at Highland Park Church, the people who loved him will share their favorite memories.
Such as the time Tomlinson, a martial arts enthusiast who worked as a technician at a company that crafts prosthetic limbs, helped one of the members of the church walk again.
A 24-year-old man, who had been working three jobs and had no insurance, lost his leg. Hearing the story, Tomlinson talked his employer, Applied Orthotic Systems, into donating an artificial leg.
The first Sunday after Tomlinson was lost — Mother's Day — the young man walked into church on his new leg for the first time, looking around eagerly for Danny to thank him.
"When I had to tell him what had happened, he was devastated," church pastor Dale Robble said. "That's the kind of guy Danny was. You couldn't help but like him."
"He touched so many people in so many ways," his mother said.
A jujitsu enthusiast for most of his adult life, Tomlinson's kind heart wasn't always an asset when he got into the sport of cage fighting.
"There's a mentality you have to get into, where you know you're going to get hurt or you're going to hurt somebody else, and he couldn't do it. He didn't want to hurt anybody," she said.
"He told me he had trouble flipping that switch."
When people dumped stray animals by the roadside near his home, Tomlinson was always there to take them in — at least 18 of them over the years.
He once spent a year buying food for a horse down the road that was starving on the diet of grass its owners were giving it. Every day, he lugged feed and buckets of water down to the horse. It got to the point, his mother said, that the horse would escape its pen and make its way to Danny's house, as if it was trying to move in with him.
"Oh my gosh, he loved animals," she said. "He had the kindest heart toward animals and people."
In addition to his mother, Tomlinson is survived by his stepfather, Mike Wilson, sisters Brandee Weidenburner and Chelsea Simmons, two nephews and many friends. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Road in Nashville.
Danny Lee TOMLINSON
Obituary
TOMLINSON, Danny Lee Age 39. God Is Good, All The Time! Funeral Saturday, October 2, 2010. Visitation 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Service at 3 p.m., at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Rd., Nashville, TN (615) 352-5710. Dale Robble, Pastor. Casual attire. Burial at Harpeth Hills. CREMATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, 615-477-9359. www.CremationandFuneralServices.com
Published in The Tennessean from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2, 2010
They called off the search, but they'll never stop looking.
Family and friends of Danny Tomlinson will gather Sunday for a memorial service and a celebration of the life of Nashville's final flood victim.
Swept out of his car and lost in the flood on the first day of May, Tomlinson was the focus of a massive search effort. His family, friends and local volunteers joined rescue workers and out-of-town search teams who have been out every day for the past month.
He was his mother's only son; a shy, handsome man with a soft spot for stray animals and a tattoo of Jesus on his back.
Not knowing where he was, not being able to put him to rest, was agony. But this week, his family made the decision to scale back the daily searches to a weekend effort. It was time to get back to something resembling a normal life; time to go back to work; a time to mourn.
"He was my cherished blessing," said mother Sherry Wilson, who still will be out there searching for him, every weekend, with anyone who wants to help.
At Sunday's memorial service at Highland Park Church, the people who loved him will share their favorite memories.
Such as the time Tomlinson, a martial arts enthusiast who worked as a technician at a company that crafts prosthetic limbs, helped one of the members of the church walk again.
A 24-year-old man, who had been working three jobs and had no insurance, lost his leg. Hearing the story, Tomlinson talked his employer, Applied Orthotic Systems, into donating an artificial leg.
The first Sunday after Tomlinson was lost — Mother's Day — the young man walked into church on his new leg for the first time, looking around eagerly for Danny to thank him.
"When I had to tell him what had happened, he was devastated," church pastor Dale Robble said. "That's the kind of guy Danny was. You couldn't help but like him."
"He touched so many people in so many ways," his mother said.
A jujitsu enthusiast for most of his adult life, Tomlinson's kind heart wasn't always an asset when he got into the sport of cage fighting.
"There's a mentality you have to get into, where you know you're going to get hurt or you're going to hurt somebody else, and he couldn't do it. He didn't want to hurt anybody," she said.
"He told me he had trouble flipping that switch."
When people dumped stray animals by the roadside near his home, Tomlinson was always there to take them in — at least 18 of them over the years.
He once spent a year buying food for a horse down the road that was starving on the diet of grass its owners were giving it. Every day, he lugged feed and buckets of water down to the horse. It got to the point, his mother said, that the horse would escape its pen and make its way to Danny's house, as if it was trying to move in with him.
"Oh my gosh, he loved animals," she said. "He had the kindest heart toward animals and people."
In addition to his mother, Tomlinson is survived by his stepfather, Mike Wilson, sisters Brandee Weidenburner and Chelsea Simmons, two nephews and many friends. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Road in Nashville.
Victim of 2010 Flood
Danny Lee TOMLINSON
Obituary
TOMLINSON, Danny Lee Age 39. God Is Good, All The Time! Funeral Saturday, October 2, 2010. Visitation 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Service at 3 p.m., at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Rd., Nashville, TN (615) 352-5710. Dale Robble, Pastor. Casual attire. Burial at Harpeth Hills. CREMATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, 615-477-9359. www.CremationandFuneralServices.com
Published in The Tennessean from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2, 2010
They called off the search, but they'll never stop looking.
Family and friends of Danny Tomlinson will gather Sunday for a memorial service and a celebration of the life of Nashville's final flood victim.
Swept out of his car and lost in the flood on the first day of May, Tomlinson was the focus of a massive search effort. His family, friends and local volunteers joined rescue workers and out-of-town search teams who have been out every day for the past month.
He was his mother's only son; a shy, handsome man with a soft spot for stray animals and a tattoo of Jesus on his back.
Not knowing where he was, not being able to put him to rest, was agony. But this week, his family made the decision to scale back the daily searches to a weekend effort. It was time to get back to something resembling a normal life; time to go back to work; a time to mourn.
"He was my cherished blessing," said mother Sherry Wilson, who still will be out there searching for him, every weekend, with anyone who wants to help.
At Sunday's memorial service at Highland Park Church, the people who loved him will share their favorite memories.
Such as the time Tomlinson, a martial arts enthusiast who worked as a technician at a company that crafts prosthetic limbs, helped one of the members of the church walk again.
A 24-year-old man, who had been working three jobs and had no insurance, lost his leg. Hearing the story, Tomlinson talked his employer, Applied Orthotic Systems, into donating an artificial leg.
The first Sunday after Tomlinson was lost — Mother's Day — the young man walked into church on his new leg for the first time, looking around eagerly for Danny to thank him.
"When I had to tell him what had happened, he was devastated," church pastor Dale Robble said. "That's the kind of guy Danny was. You couldn't help but like him."
"He touched so many people in so many ways," his mother said.
A jujitsu enthusiast for most of his adult life, Tomlinson's kind heart wasn't always an asset when he got into the sport of cage fighting.
"There's a mentality you have to get into, where you know you're going to get hurt or you're going to hurt somebody else, and he couldn't do it. He didn't want to hurt anybody," she said.
"He told me he had trouble flipping that switch."
When people dumped stray animals by the roadside near his home, Tomlinson was always there to take them in — at least 18 of them over the years.
He once spent a year buying food for a horse down the road that was starving on the diet of grass its owners were giving it. Every day, he lugged feed and buckets of water down to the horse. It got to the point, his mother said, that the horse would escape its pen and make its way to Danny's house, as if it was trying to move in with him.
"Oh my gosh, he loved animals," she said. "He had the kindest heart toward animals and people."
In addition to his mother, Tomlinson is survived by his stepfather, Mike Wilson, sisters Brandee Weidenburner and Chelsea Simmons, two nephews and many friends. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Road in Nashville.
Danny Lee TOMLINSON
Obituary
TOMLINSON, Danny Lee Age 39. God Is Good, All The Time! Funeral Saturday, October 2, 2010. Visitation 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Service at 3 p.m., at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Rd., Nashville, TN (615) 352-5710. Dale Robble, Pastor. Casual attire. Burial at Harpeth Hills. CREMATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, 615-477-9359. www.CremationandFuneralServices.com
Published in The Tennessean from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2, 2010
They called off the search, but they'll never stop looking.
Family and friends of Danny Tomlinson will gather Sunday for a memorial service and a celebration of the life of Nashville's final flood victim.
Swept out of his car and lost in the flood on the first day of May, Tomlinson was the focus of a massive search effort. His family, friends and local volunteers joined rescue workers and out-of-town search teams who have been out every day for the past month.
He was his mother's only son; a shy, handsome man with a soft spot for stray animals and a tattoo of Jesus on his back.
Not knowing where he was, not being able to put him to rest, was agony. But this week, his family made the decision to scale back the daily searches to a weekend effort. It was time to get back to something resembling a normal life; time to go back to work; a time to mourn.
"He was my cherished blessing," said mother Sherry Wilson, who still will be out there searching for him, every weekend, with anyone who wants to help.
At Sunday's memorial service at Highland Park Church, the people who loved him will share their favorite memories.
Such as the time Tomlinson, a martial arts enthusiast who worked as a technician at a company that crafts prosthetic limbs, helped one of the members of the church walk again.
A 24-year-old man, who had been working three jobs and had no insurance, lost his leg. Hearing the story, Tomlinson talked his employer, Applied Orthotic Systems, into donating an artificial leg.
The first Sunday after Tomlinson was lost — Mother's Day — the young man walked into church on his new leg for the first time, looking around eagerly for Danny to thank him.
"When I had to tell him what had happened, he was devastated," church pastor Dale Robble said. "That's the kind of guy Danny was. You couldn't help but like him."
"He touched so many people in so many ways," his mother said.
A jujitsu enthusiast for most of his adult life, Tomlinson's kind heart wasn't always an asset when he got into the sport of cage fighting.
"There's a mentality you have to get into, where you know you're going to get hurt or you're going to hurt somebody else, and he couldn't do it. He didn't want to hurt anybody," she said.
"He told me he had trouble flipping that switch."
When people dumped stray animals by the roadside near his home, Tomlinson was always there to take them in — at least 18 of them over the years.
He once spent a year buying food for a horse down the road that was starving on the diet of grass its owners were giving it. Every day, he lugged feed and buckets of water down to the horse. It got to the point, his mother said, that the horse would escape its pen and make its way to Danny's house, as if it was trying to move in with him.
"Oh my gosh, he loved animals," she said. "He had the kindest heart toward animals and people."
In addition to his mother, Tomlinson is survived by his stepfather, Mike Wilson, sisters Brandee Weidenburner and Chelsea Simmons, two nephews and many friends. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Highland Park Church, 5710 Knob Road in Nashville.
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