Tommy Joe Harrell, 71 of Marshall went to be with the Lord Sunday, December 05, 2010 surrounded by his loving wife and family. Funeral services for Mr. Harrell will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday December 08, 2010 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Horace Neely officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, December 07, 2010 at the funeral home. Tommy Joe Harrell was born April 20, 1939 in Breckenridge, Texas to Roy Nelson Harrell and Lola Jane Brown Harrell. On September 26, 1959 Tommy Joe married Linda Taylor in Jefferson. Mr. Harrell was a member of First United Methodist Church and belonged to the Pairs and Spares Sunday School Class which he loved and attended faithfully as his health allowed him to be a part of. Tommy Joe was a master welder primarily in pipeline construction having worked in every state except Washington State. He also worked on the Alaska Pipeline for more than two years and had also worked overseas on several projects. He later taught as a welding instructor for Pipeline Local 798 which he was a member of for over 50 years. He had attained the highest certifications for welding. After the Lord and his family, Tommy loved hunting, fishing and cooking at the deer camp and spending time with his children and grandchildren doing whatever they wanted to do. Surviving Tommy are his wife of 51 years, Linda Taylor Harrell of Marshall; four daughters, Harriet Pennington and husband Brent of South Lake, TX, Tammy Joe Harrell Simmons just like my daddy Tommy Joe Harrell, Amy VanHemel and husband Greg of Scottsville and Patty Spradling of Mississippi; twelve grandchildren, Brandon and Taylor Pennington, Justin, Christen and Courtney Davis, Chelsea, Mitchell and Jayse Simmons, Leslie Ayers, Lance VanHemel, Brandon Moore and Devin Slusser; seven great-grandchildren, Trinity and Jayden Pennington, Gunnar Davis, Cayson Broders, Lola Katherine Ayers and Kinley and Cooper Blair; one brother, Roy Harrell and wife Judy of Marshall; one sister, Paula Hodges of Marshall and a number of nieces and nephews that he loved dearly. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Frances Nash. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandsons and Travis Ayers. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.downsfuneralhome.com