Tommy Garrett Stephenson

September 12, 1952 to September 26, 2009

Brother to Jenk Stephenson

Biography of Tom

Eulogy by Kelly Schmit Stephenson

June 29, 2021

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Tom and Terri Jones Stephenson
June 1991
Jenk's brother and sister-in-law
David and Tom Stephenson
Brothers 2007
Jenk-David-Tom Stephenson
Brothers 2007
Henry, Jenk, Tom, David Stephenson
Tom's Wedding
Brothers - June 1991
Carolyn, Henry, David Stephenson
Sister and brothers
with horse Cody
Paducah, Texas
Colorized Picture

All cousins (Left to Right) Maurise Stanley, Lou Ann Watts, Robena McCoy, Sammy Don Stephenson, Charles Alton Watts, Jenk Stephenson, Nathan Lindsey Findley, Coy Stephenson, (bottom row) Tom Stephenson, Ray Stanley, Henry Stephenson, David Stephenson, Carolyn Stephenson, Mickey Watts, Linda Stephenson, January 1962
Colorized Picture
David, Henry, Tom, and Jenk Stephenson, June 29, 1991 at
Tom's wedding.
Robena McCoy, Jim Stephenson
Mickey Watts, Linda, Jenk
Tom and Carolyn - June 1955
Colorized Picture

Henry Stephenson, Tom Stephenson, David Stephenson, Jenk Stephenson, Linda Stephenson, Jim Stephenson, Carolyn Stephenson, Jewel Stephenson. June 1991

My Family--parents, two sisters, three brothers.

Back Row: Jewel Stephenson, Jim Stephenson, Barney Watts, Robena Watts, Lucille Stanley, Kermit Stanley
Seated on Couch: Jewel Garrison Stephenson, Nath Stephenson, Annie Stephenson, Jerry Stephenson, Shirley Stephenson
Row in front of couch: Linda Stephenson, Maurice Stanley, LouAnn Watts, Jenk Stephenson, Barney Gene Stephenson
Front row: Bubbles Watts, Charles Watts, Ray Stanley, Tom Stephenson, Lynette Stanley, Mickey Watts, Carolyn Stephenson, Joe Nathan Stephenson--about 1960
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Jewel & Jim Stephenson
Linda & Jenk Stephenson
Carolyn & Tom Stephenson
June 1955
Colorized Picture
Henry, Jenk, Tom, David Stephenson
Brothers at Tom's wedding - June 1991

Henry and Tom Stephenson - brothers
June 1991 at Tom's wedding
Ponca City, Oklahoma

Jenk, Jim, Jewel, Carolyn, Linda
Tom in the middle
Henry and David in front
1963 or 1964 - Paducah, Texas
Colorized Picture

Jim, Jenk, Jewel
Tom, Carolyn, David, Linda
Henry
August 1961
our father leased 640 acres of ranch land
Colorized Picture

Ray Stanley - Tom Stephenson
first cousins - Paducah, Texas
1963 or 1964
Colorized Pictures
Terri and Tom Stephenson
June 1991 - Ponca City, Oklahoma
Terri and Tom Stephenson
June 1991 - Ponca City, Oklahoma
Terri and Tom Stephenson
June 1991 - Ponca City, Oklahoma
Tom and Carolyn Stephenson
Lubbock, Texas - maybe 1960
Colorized Picture
Tom, Jim and Jewel Stephenson
David in the background fishing, Lake McClellan, Texas - east of Amarillo
July 1972
Colorized Picture
Tom Stephenson
Elener Jean Waldrop
Jewel Waldrop
December 1972
Colorized Picture
Tom Stephenson, Henry Stephenson, and Carolyn Stephenson
Brothers and sister
with our horse Cody, in Paducah, Texas
Colorized Picture
Tom Stephenson
Jenk Stephenson
Brothers playing chess
Tom Stephenson, going to work for his first job at Piggly Wiggly - grovery Market - about 1968
Colorized Picture
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
High School Senior - 1970
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Tom Stephenson and horse Cody
Paducah, Texas
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
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Tom Stephenson with horse Cody
Paducah, Texas
in the Chalk Community
Colorized Picture
Tom Stephenson after brain surgery
July 1975 - he was badly beaten during a robbery at work-Carolyn looking at the fish
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Tom Stephenson at home recovering from brain surgery - July 1975 - working on an old clock
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Tom and Terri Stephenson
June 1991 -Ponca City, Oklahoma
Tom and Terri Stephenson
June 1991 -Ponca City, Oklahoma
Tom and Terri Stephenson
June 1991 -Ponca City, Oklahoma
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
1961 - 1962 - 3rd Grade
Spur, Texas
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
Tommy Garrett Stephenson
July 1977
Tom's mother's maiden name was Rich not Rick
Tom & Terri Stephenson
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Tom Stephenson checking in at motel
Maybe mid 1980s
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Tom Stephenson carrying bags
Cape Canaveral Space Center 1986
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Tom Stephenson
St. Augustine Florida - standing inside a prison cell at Fort Augustine in 1986
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
Meridian, Mississippi motel
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Tom Stephenson
on vacation in Hempstead, Florida 1986
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Tom is with Jason and Julie Litton
his sister Linda's two children in
Longview, Texas
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Tom Stephenson with Julie Litton
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Tom Stephenson
visiting Henry in Minnesota 1986
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson, jumping over the Mississippi River, at its headwater in Itasca State Park, at Lake Itasca, Minnesota 1986
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Tom Stephenson, Mississippi River, at its headwater in Itasca State Park, at Lake Itasca, Minnesota 1986
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Tom Stephenson
vacation Homestead, Florida - 1986
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Our mother, Jewel Stephenson, with
Tom Stephenson
vacation Homestead, Florida - 1986
0267
Tom Stephenson
Sleeping on a cot
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
January 1988
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Tommy Garrett Stephenson
January 1988
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Tom Stephenson with niece
Julie Litton
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 Tom was manager of several stores, but I was lucky enough to find this one
     
 Carly and Terri  Grandfather-Terri-Maxwell-Carly  Terri's Father

Would be - 30th Anniversary
Terri Jones Stephenson - Dec 2021 My brother, Tom, died was too young Age 57 Terri and Tom


Pictures - of Tom & Terri
Tessa Stephenson & Terri Tom, as I remember him The pictures move slowly - wait for them



Tom's Obituary - Lubbock, Texas -- Ponca City, Oklahoma -- Picture
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