THOMAS JERRY “TOM” MEARSEAL OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1962 IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, A SON TO MARTHA (BOYER) MEARSEAL AND THE LATE JEROME MEARSEAL. TOM DEPARTED THIS LIFE MONDAY, JULY 11, 2022 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF 59 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.
TOM IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER, MARTHA OF CADET, MISSOURI; SISTER, CHARLANN HAMELTON OF BISMARCK, MISSOURI; NEPHEWS, JAMES PASHIA, JR AND WIFE ALICIA, JOSHUA PASHIA AND KATHY LONG; GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS HAYLIE, TAYLOR, LOGAN, JACOB, PARKER; STEP NEPHEWS MORGAN HAMELTON AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
IN ADDITION TO HIS FATHER, TOM WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, KENNETH MEARSEAL AND SISTER, BARBARA MEARSEAL.
TOM DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS A TECH SERGEANT, HAVING SERVED FROM 1982-2003. HE WAS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN AND LOVED FISHING. HE ALSO HAD A PASSION FOR WORKING ON CARS AND ASSEMBLING MODELS OF BOATS, CARS, AND TRUCKS. HIS FAMILY WAS PRECIOUS TO HIM AND HE CHERISHED HIS TIME WITH THEM. HE WILL BE MISSED BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM.
BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY TUESDAY, JULY 26 AT 2PM.