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Submitted: 8/16/22 • Approved: 8/17/22 • Last Updated: 8/20/22 • R531723-G0-S3
LANCE CORPORAL US Marine Corps
May 4, 1947-December 21, 2015
*Obituary
Funeral services for Tommy Carroll, 68, of Seminole will be conducted Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, at 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Ramirez officiating, assisted by Rev. Ned Nugent. Interment will follow in the Gaines County Cemetery with services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole. He passed away Monday, Dec. 21st in Seminole.
Tommy was born May 4, 1947, in Amarillo, Texas, to Wayne and Modena Carroll. He was a graduate of Tascosa High School in May of 1966. Tommy proudly served in the United States Marines Corps from 1967-1973 as a Lance Corporal. He began work for Southwestern Public Services/XCell Energy in 1969 as a working foreman until retiring in 2014. Tommy married the love of his life Connie on Jan. 26, 1979, in Lovington, NM. Tommy was a proud and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, great-grandfather and friend. His love of life was his family whom he devoted his life to making them happy and loved them deeply; he also very much enjoyed fishing. You will always be in our hearts though you are no longer here on earth with us. We love you more and wait for the day to see you again, meeting us at the gates of Heaven.
Tommy is survived by his loving wife, Connie Carroll of Seminole; three daughters, Carmen Roberts and husband, Dale of Seminole, Dena Miller and husband, Matt of Keller, Robin Thompson and husband, Trey of Dimmitt; a son, Scott Norris of Seminole; grandchildren, Brady Roberts, Kynnedy Miller, Kezlie and Landrie Thompson, Angela Tatsch and husband, Bradley; great-grandsons, Layton and Roston Tatsch; a brother, John Carroll and wife, Paulette of Dalhart; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter, Shelbee Roberts. Family and friends visitation will be held at Ratliff Funeral Home on Saturday, Dec. 26th from 10 to 11 a.m. Along with flowers, the family suggests that you make memorials to St. Jude’s Children Hospital.
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Contributed on 8/16/22 by neldapat
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