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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Tommie Louis Glanton
Tommie Louis
Glanton
Oct 18, 1944 — Apr 6, 2016
Tommie Louis Glanton's Obituary
A funeral service for Tommy Louis Glanton, 71, of Marshall will be held at 5:00pm Sunday, April 10, 2016 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. A time of visitation will take place Saturday, April 09, 2016 at Downs Funeral Home from 4pm to 6pm. Mr. Glanton passed away Wednesday, April 06, 2016 in Marshall.
Tommie Louis Glanton was born October 18, 1944 in Pasadena, Texas to Thomas Ray and Marie Glanton. Mr. Glanton graduated from Lufkin High School in 1963. He joined the U.S. Army National Guard in October 1964 and served both in the U.S. and Texas National Guard until 1970. While working at Thiokol Army Munitions Plant in Karnack, Texas, he met Eloise Davis. They married on March 15, 1968 and settled in Marshall, Texas. They had two children, Chris and Tony, during their 36 devoted years. He worked at ALCOA as a foreman for 14 years before retiring in 1983. He loved playing slow-pitch softball with his buddies and later enjoyed coaching baseball for his sons. Tommie was known affectionately as "Coach Tommie" to scores of Chris's and Tony's friends who love and respect him. He had a passion for golf, where he could often be found at Oaklawn Country Club (now Marshall Municipal Course). As an avid outdoorsman, he spent hours on Caddo Lake bass fishing and trot lining for catfish as well as having a life-long obsession hunting whitetail deer at Marshall Hunting Club. To his buddies, he was known as "Stumpjumper" or "Stump". To his five grandchildren that he adored, he was simply "Poppy."
Mr. Glanton was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise, on May 18, 2004, and his brother Randall Ray on October 20, 2015.
He is survived by his son, Chris and wife Melissa of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas and son, Tony and wife Lesley of Marshall; his grandchildren include Madeline, Davis, and Katelynn Glanton of Fair Oaks Ranch, and Bailey, Ella Grace and Brooks of Marshall; brother Dennis Glanton of Karnack, Texas; sister Cathy and husband Johnny Sheppard and niece Michala of Atlanta, Texas; and brother Kevin and wife Merritt and nephews Isaiah, Micah, and Noah, of Tyler, Texas.
Tommie Louis Glanton was born October 18, 1944 in Pasadena, Texas to Thomas Ray and Marie Glanton. Mr. Glanton graduated from Lufkin High School in 1963. He joined the U.S. Army National Guard in October 1964 and served both in the U.S. and Texas National Guard until 1970. While working at Thiokol Army Munitions Plant in Karnack, Texas, he met Eloise Davis. They married on March 15, 1968 and settled in Marshall, Texas. They had two children, Chris and Tony, during their 36 devoted years. He worked at ALCOA as a foreman for 14 years before retiring in 1983. He loved playing slow-pitch softball with his buddies and later enjoyed coaching baseball for his sons. Tommie was known affectionately as "Coach Tommie" to scores of Chris's and Tony's friends who love and respect him. He had a passion for golf, where he could often be found at Oaklawn Country Club (now Marshall Municipal Course). As an avid outdoorsman, he spent hours on Caddo Lake bass fishing and trot lining for catfish as well as having a life-long obsession hunting whitetail deer at Marshall Hunting Club. To his buddies, he was known as "Stumpjumper" or "Stump". To his five grandchildren that he adored, he was simply "Poppy."
Mr. Glanton was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise, on May 18, 2004, and his brother Randall Ray on October 20, 2015.
He is survived by his son, Chris and wife Melissa of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas and son, Tony and wife Lesley of Marshall; his grandchildren include Madeline, Davis, and Katelynn Glanton of Fair Oaks Ranch, and Bailey, Ella Grace and Brooks of Marshall; brother Dennis Glanton of Karnack, Texas; sister Cathy and husband Johnny Sheppard and niece Michala of Atlanta, Texas; and brother Kevin and wife Merritt and nephews Isaiah, Micah, and Noah, of Tyler, Texas.
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