Obituary - Thomas Palmer

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Thomas "Buddy" Palmer
Thomas "Buddy" Palmer, 72 of Nederland died Saturday at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 2, at E.E. Stringer Funeral Home in Kirbyville with burial at Kirbyville Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. A native of Call, Texas, he had lived most of his life in Nederland and was retired First Class Rigger for Texaco Refinery. He was also a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, LaVerne Skinner Palmer of Nederland; sons, Richard Wayne Palmer and wife Pam of LaBelle, and Bruce "Randy" Palmer and wife Tammy of Nederland; a brother, Henry Lee Palmer of Woodville; a sister, Gwen Brown of Kirbyville; and 4 grandchildren.

Beaumont Enterprise, April 1, 2002