Our Uncle Tom, or Big Tom as it were, was just a big kid at heart. He was able to have this stern exterior about him but you put a baby in his arms and he turned into a baby talking marshmallow. He was the same way with all us kids growing up. My biggest and best belly laughs came from Uncle Tom. Most of my favorite memories as a kid were around Big Tom. The sleepovers and the dart guns. The pool parties and the backyard games. The silliness that ensued when Uncle Tom was around will forever make me smile when I think back on it. Thank you Uncle Tom. Thank you for all the memories of laughter and joy!

Here’s to all the childhood memories... the sleepovers, the ghost stories, tricks, & the scares, to the love & the laughs, to the cookouts & get togethers that kept us all together growing up... here’s to family. Here’s to you, Uncle Tom. You are loved & missed greatly.

This man will forever be remembered by me for his famous scare tactics and contagious laugh. I understand that he is no longer with pain and suffering. And for that, I am grateful. I also know he has left some very broken hearts behind. Allow those hearts to heal with the memories of the wonderful man he was. Every soul deserves peace and I am so happy he now has his. I am quite sure he is causing chaos in the heavens with my brother and dad. Behave boys!