Thomas I. McCool, age 78, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at his home.
Thomas was born on March 10, 1941, in Lobutcha, MS, and completed the 10th grade, before serving 21 years in the Navy.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jewell L. McCool & Maybel Mae Shumaker McCool, children, Gary Allen McCool and siblings, Jewell McCool, Gean McCool, Danny Mae Nicolais, and Willie Mae Woods.
Survivors include his wife, Martha L. McCool, children, Thomas Ray (Eva) McCool, Jerry Dale ( Dianna) McCool, and James Lathan ( Julie) McCool, grandchildren, Monica Perryman, Thomas Lawerence ( Whitney) McCool, LaDale Franklin, Christina Marie McCool, Dustin Allen ( Madeleine) McCool, and Gary Lathan McCool, great- grandchildren, Tamara Perryman, Adain Perryman, Eden McCool, Laura Belle McCool, Ryan Allen McCool, Paisley Katherine McCool, Emma Grace McCool, and Bentley James McCool and siblings, Paul McCool, Alton (Sue) McCool and R.L.McCool.
Visitation will be on Monday, September 9, from 10:30am until 11:30am, with an 11:30am funeral service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.