Thomas Harmon

THOMAS J. "TOM" HARMON Thomas Jefferson Harmon Jr., son of Thomas Jefferson Sr. and Lora Lucille Bateman Harmon, was born, November 7, 1954 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He departed this life, Sunday June 7, 2009, in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Missouri at the age of fifty-four years and seven months. On April 28, 1994, he was united in marriage to Suzanne Kay Travis. Together they shared the past fifteen years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Lucille Harmon; his maternal and paternal grandparents and a niece, Elizabeth Anne Felix. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne Harmon of the home; four children, Timothy Harmon and wife Renee of Des Moines, Iowa, Tinslee Poor and husband Justin of Dallas, Texas, Terry Harmon of Springfield, Missouri and Jennifer Harmon of Linn Creek, Missouri; two grandsons, Nicholas and Brayden Harmon; three sisters, Patricia Felix and Brad Lindsay of Fulton, Missouri, Michelle Greene and husband Dana of Vandalia, Missouri and Sheryl Woods of Auxvasse, Missouri and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Tom was raised in Eldon and Lake Ozark, Missouri and graduated from School of the Osage. He later received a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from Lincoln University where he was active in the R.O.T.C. After college he worked for Harms Architecture and later C&L Excavating. While working for C&L Excavating, he served as a volunteer fireman for Lake Ozark and Eldon and served on the board of the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District. He retired as a Sergeant from the Lake Ozark Police Department. He went on to own and operate Harmon Construction and later Softouch Interactive. He was currently working for Transland Trucking. He loved baseball and served for many years as the President of the Lake Ozark Little League. He invested many hours to make sure the children had a great baseball program in the lake area. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing and boating. Most of all, he enjoyed spending as much time as possible with his grandchildren and family. Tom was a loving husband, father, brother and uncle and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate his life and his accomplishments and will treasure the memories he created for his family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 11, 2009 in Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Allee Memorial Gardens, Camdenton. Visitation will be from 1-3:00 p.m., Thursday in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and left at the funeral home the day of the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton.