Tom worked for the Illinois State Fire Marshall office in Springfield. He had worked for the West Frankfort Fire Department from 1959-1987 and was Fire Chief from 1974 till his retirement in 1987. He was also Chief of Police in West Frankfort in the 1970's.
Tom was a member of the First Christian Church in Herrin, the Coal Belt Fire Protection Association of Southern Illinois and the Elks and Masonic Lodge 567 both of West Frankfort. He was a graduate of FCHS and attended SIU.
He married Barbara Gray on Dec. 20, 1991 and she survives.
Other survivors include one daughter, Desiree Barber of Columbia; two sons, Thomas Carl of Tallahassee, Fla., and Brian of West Frankfort; also one granddaughter; one brother and three sisters; one step-daughter and one step granddaughter, and two step great-granddaughters.
His mother and one brother, Ronald preceded him in death.
Source: Obituary Southern Illinoisan, 24 Nov 1998, Tue, Page 11
Tom was a member of the First Christian Church in Herrin, the Coal Belt Fire Protection Association of Southern Illinois and the Elks and Masonic Lodge 567 both of West Frankfort. He was a graduate of FCHS and attended SIU.
He married Barbara Gray on Dec. 20, 1991 and she survives.
Other survivors include one daughter, Desiree Barber of Columbia; two sons, Thomas Carl of Tallahassee, Fla., and Brian of West Frankfort; also one granddaughter; one brother and three sisters; one step-daughter and one step granddaughter, and two step great-granddaughters.
His mother and one brother, Ronald preceded him in death.
Source: Obituary Southern Illinoisan, 24 Nov 1998, Tue, Page 11
Tom worked for the Illinois State Fire Marshall office in Springfield. He had worked for the West Frankfort Fire Department from 1959-1987 and was Fire Chief from 1974 till his retirement in 1987. He was also Chief of Police in West Frankfort in the 1970's.
Tom was a member of the First Christian Church in Herrin, the Coal Belt Fire Protection Association of Southern Illinois and the Elks and Masonic Lodge 567 both of West Frankfort. He was a graduate of FCHS and attended SIU.
He married Barbara Gray on Dec. 20, 1991 and she survives.
Other survivors include one daughter, Desiree Barber of Columbia; two sons, Thomas Carl of Tallahassee, Fla., and Brian of West Frankfort; also one granddaughter; one brother and three sisters; one step-daughter and one step granddaughter, and two step great-granddaughters.
His mother and one brother, Ronald preceded him in death.
Source: Obituary Southern Illinoisan, 24 Nov 1998, Tue, Page 11
Tom was a member of the First Christian Church in Herrin, the Coal Belt Fire Protection Association of Southern Illinois and the Elks and Masonic Lodge 567 both of West Frankfort. He was a graduate of FCHS and attended SIU.
He married Barbara Gray on Dec. 20, 1991 and she survives.
Other survivors include one daughter, Desiree Barber of Columbia; two sons, Thomas Carl of Tallahassee, Fla., and Brian of West Frankfort; also one granddaughter; one brother and three sisters; one step-daughter and one step granddaughter, and two step great-granddaughters.
His mother and one brother, Ronald preceded him in death.
Source: Obituary Southern Illinoisan, 24 Nov 1998, Tue, Page 11
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