Dewey Tatom

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His Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows he was a farmer. The informant was his son, Lynn Tatom.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Rosa Etta Pennington. Rosa (daughter of John E. Pennington and Arminda "Minnie" Jane McDaniel) was born on 19 Sep 1903 in Texas; died on 7 Nov 1974 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Copied from Farm Road 1-From one end to the other group on Facebook

Lynn Tatom of Pineland died Saturday May 18, 2019 in a local nursing home.

He was born May 24, 1926 in Sabine County, in the Plainview Community and was 92 years of age.

Lynn was the son of Dewey Tatom (1898-1975) and Rosa Etta Pennington Tatom (1903-1974).

He was an Army Staff Sergeant during World War II, serving from 1944-1946, participating in the Luzon Campaign (Philippines) and the Occupation of Japan after their surrender.

He once told me that he spent his 19th Birthday burying dead Japanese soldiers.

After getting an Agriculture degree from Stephen F. Austin State University In Nacogdoches, he had a long career in poultry production management as a "service man", retiring from Tyson Foods, Inc. in Tenaha.

There was a visitation of friends and family Monday May 20, 2019 from 5 to 8 pm at Starr Funeral Home.
A graveside funeral service was held Tuesday at 2:00 pm at Plainview Cemetery.
Burial followed in Plainview Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife of 69 years Dorothy Tatom of Pineland, son Wade Tatom and wife Julie of Tenaha, TX, daughters Robin Shapley and husband Andy of Pineland and Rhonda Gipson and husband Floyd of Pineland, and grandchildren Shelley Adams & husband Mike of Arkansas, Mark Gipson and wife Shawn of Washington State, Justin Tatom & wife Stephanie of Tenaha, Candus Tatom of Nacogdoches, Lauren Shapley of Pineland, Great Grandchildren Lilia Adams, Sylvia Adams, Matthew Gipson, Mark Gipson, Tabytha Gipson, Henley Tatom and Presley Tatom.

He was preceded in death by his parents Dewey and Etta Tatom and Brother Troy Tatom (1923-1994).

Guest book may be signed and condolences may be left at www.starrfh@windstream.net

Copied from The Starr Funeral Home website, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, May 22, 2019, pg 8

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Troy Tatom

Troy Tatom, 71, of Pineland died at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, at his residence on FM 2024, Plainview Community.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Don R. Falke, pastor of First Baptist Church, and Bro. T.A. Lane, pastor of Yellow Ridge Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was at Plainview Cemetery.

Born June 16, 1923, in Sabine County, as a son of the late Dewey and Etta (Pennington) Tatom, he had lived in Beaumont from 1946 to 1975, when he retured to Sabine County. He and Mildred Boyett were married Aug. 8, 1944, and celebrated their golden anniversary earlier this year.

Tatom was a retired truck driver with Temple-Inland Forest Products and Overland. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Pineland's First Baptist Church.

Survivors: his wife, Mildred Tatom of Pineland; two daughters and sons-in-law, Elaine and Hunter Henry of Midland, Michigan, and Nancy and Larry Shackleford of Sour Lake; five grandchildren, Luke Shackleford and Taylor Shackleford, both of Sour Lake, Adrianne Reed and Joda Henry, both of Michigan, and Jamie Henry of Florida; brother and sister-in-law, Lynn and Dorothy Tatom of Pineland; an aunt, Vernon DuBose of Pineland; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Pallbearers: Reggie Cordray, Rodney Cordray, Thomas Cordray, Samuel DuBose, Floyd Gipson, Hershell Phillips, Eugene Tatom, and Norbit L. Tatom.

Published in the Sabine County Reporter, November 2, 1994, page 15

Troy married Mildred Evelyn Boyett on 8 Aug 1944. Mildred was born on 8 Nov 1924 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jul 2008 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Plainview Cemetery (aka Plainview Family Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]