Thomas Andrew Weatherford of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee passed away February 18, 2016 following a brief stay at Bristol Regional Hospital. Thomas was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on August 9, 1940. He was a 1958 graduate of Palm Beach High School and attended Palm Beach Junior College and Scarritt College (now Scarritt Bennett Center) in Nashville, Tennessee. Tom served in the Naval Reserves in 1958.
He had strong work ethic and family values, beliefs he passed on to his two children. Tom was a long time employee of National Airlines in the 1960's and 1970's and a long time employee of Kmart from 1980 until his stroke in 1996. He was a lifetime member of the First District Fire Department of Laurel Bloomery. Tom was a member of First United Methodist Church Mountain City. Prior to his stroke, Tom enjoyed woodworking, carpentry, fishing, and singing or narrating for special services at church. He also enjoyed keeping in touch with his friends and family through email. They often looked forward to receiving weekly email jokes from him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, James Alexander and Edith Laura Weatherford, and his three brothers James Alexander II, Charles Albert, and Richard Earl Weatherford.
The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made to First District Fire Department, 7176 Hwy 91 N, Laurel Bloomery, TN 37680 or Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
The family would like to thank Johnson County Rescue Squad, First District Fire Department, First Sunrise Quilt Guild, and First United Methodist Church of Mountain City for their care over the last several years and during this challenging time.
He had strong work ethic and family values, beliefs he passed on to his two children. Tom was a long time employee of National Airlines in the 1960's and 1970's and a long time employee of Kmart from 1980 until his stroke in 1996. He was a lifetime member of the First District Fire Department of Laurel Bloomery. Tom was a member of First United Methodist Church Mountain City. Prior to his stroke, Tom enjoyed woodworking, carpentry, fishing, and singing or narrating for special services at church. He also enjoyed keeping in touch with his friends and family through email. They often looked forward to receiving weekly email jokes from him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, James Alexander and Edith Laura Weatherford, and his three brothers James Alexander II, Charles Albert, and Richard Earl Weatherford.
The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made to First District Fire Department, 7176 Hwy 91 N, Laurel Bloomery, TN 37680 or Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
The family would like to thank Johnson County Rescue Squad, First District Fire Department, First Sunrise Quilt Guild, and First United Methodist Church of Mountain City for their care over the last several years and during this challenging time.
Thomas Andrew Weatherford of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee passed away February 18, 2016 following a brief stay at Bristol Regional Hospital. Thomas was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on August 9, 1940. He was a 1958 graduate of Palm Beach High School and attended Palm Beach Junior College and Scarritt College (now Scarritt Bennett Center) in Nashville, Tennessee. Tom served in the Naval Reserves in 1958.
He had strong work ethic and family values, beliefs he passed on to his two children. Tom was a long time employee of National Airlines in the 1960's and 1970's and a long time employee of Kmart from 1980 until his stroke in 1996. He was a lifetime member of the First District Fire Department of Laurel Bloomery. Tom was a member of First United Methodist Church Mountain City. Prior to his stroke, Tom enjoyed woodworking, carpentry, fishing, and singing or narrating for special services at church. He also enjoyed keeping in touch with his friends and family through email. They often looked forward to receiving weekly email jokes from him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, James Alexander and Edith Laura Weatherford, and his three brothers James Alexander II, Charles Albert, and Richard Earl Weatherford.
The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made to First District Fire Department, 7176 Hwy 91 N, Laurel Bloomery, TN 37680 or Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
The family would like to thank Johnson County Rescue Squad, First District Fire Department, First Sunrise Quilt Guild, and First United Methodist Church of Mountain City for their care over the last several years and during this challenging time.
He had strong work ethic and family values, beliefs he passed on to his two children. Tom was a long time employee of National Airlines in the 1960's and 1970's and a long time employee of Kmart from 1980 until his stroke in 1996. He was a lifetime member of the First District Fire Department of Laurel Bloomery. Tom was a member of First United Methodist Church Mountain City. Prior to his stroke, Tom enjoyed woodworking, carpentry, fishing, and singing or narrating for special services at church. He also enjoyed keeping in touch with his friends and family through email. They often looked forward to receiving weekly email jokes from him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, James Alexander and Edith Laura Weatherford, and his three brothers James Alexander II, Charles Albert, and Richard Earl Weatherford.
The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made to First District Fire Department, 7176 Hwy 91 N, Laurel Bloomery, TN 37680 or Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
The family would like to thank Johnson County Rescue Squad, First District Fire Department, First Sunrise Quilt Guild, and First United Methodist Church of Mountain City for their care over the last several years and during this challenging time.
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