December 23, 1939 - December 9, 2017
Graveside services for Mr. Thomas Pool, Jr. will be
held Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 12:30 p.m., at the Mississippi Veteran's
Memorial Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home has been entrusted with
the arrangements.
Mr. Pool, age 77, passed away Saturday, December 9,
2017, at Anderson Regional Medical Center.
After
graduating from Meridian High School, he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1956. He
was honorably discharged in 1992 from the Mississippi Air National Guard 186th
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, and he retired from the United States Air Force
Reserves in 1999. He retired in 1989 as Structural Captain at NAS Meridian Fire
Department after twenty-three and a half years of civil service. Along with
various other positions, he was employed as a fire fighter and mechanic for the
City of Meridian.
He is survived by his daughter, Shelby Slade
(Steven); grandchildren, John and Sarah Slade; sister, Sara "Peachie"
Saxon; and numerous nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas W.
Pool, Sr. and Eunice Boykin Pool.
The family
requests memorials be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and/or
First Baptist Church of Meridian.
Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com
Visitation will be held Thursday, December 14, 2017
from 10:00-11:45 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.
O God our Father, Creator of all the living,
we entrust to Your gentle care
all those we love who have gone before us;
and have gone to their rest in the hope of
rising again. . . .
Eternal rest, grant unto Thomas Willard Pool,
Jr. , O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
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