NEWCOMB, Tommy W. - b. January 7, 1915 - d. January 10, 2011

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Tommy W. Newcomb, 96, passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 at the Sedan City Hospital.  He was born January 7, 1915 at Ringling, Oklahoma to Van Thomas and Georgia Newcomb.  He was the fifth of eleven siblings.

He attended schools in Oklahoma.  He married Opal Stewart on September 5, 1936.  They raised three daughters, Patty Sue, Tommie Lou, and Terri Ann.  During that time, they lived in Oklahoma and Texas, moving to Sedan, Kansas in 1953 and later to Chautauqua, Kansas in 1964.  He was a member of the United States Air Force.  Tommy worked many jobs in his lifetime.  He was a house mover with his brothers and worked in the ammunition plant during WWII in Pryor, Oklahoma.  He was a tool pusher on rigs in Texas and a roustabout and pumper for Jones Brothers Oil Company, and later Jones and Buck Development.,

Tommy enjoyed woodworking and painting items he made, fishing, playing cards, and especially playing dominoes.  Playing Bingo was one of his favorite activities at Pleasant Valley Manor where he lived for the past two years.  He was a member of the New Life Baptist Church and Chautauqua Senior Citizens. 

Tommy is survived by his daughters and families, Pat and Lee Jones of Sedan, Kansas, Lou and Bob Anderson of Chautauqua, Kansas, and Terri and J.L. Tunison of Moline, Kansas; five grandsons, Randy and Dee Bellieu of Langley, Oklahoma, Mark and Susan Jones of Houston, Texas, Mike and Michelle Jones of Sedan, Kansas, Matt and Jolynn Jones of Sedan, Kansas, and Shane Tunison of Junction City, Kansas; 18 grandchildren; and one very special great-great-grandson.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal, on June 9, 2004.

Services will be held Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the New Life Baptist Church in Chautauqua, Kansas with Earl Tresner officiating.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery at Chautauqua.  Family and friends may call on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan, Kansas.  Memorials are suggested to Pleasant Valley Manor Activity Fund, and remembrances may be left in care of the David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 200 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361.

(taken from the David W. Barnes Funeral Home website)