Thomas Blakeney Nash

Thomas started his journey as a tiny little guy weighing only 3 pounds. The doctor said he was no bigger than a “Skeeter”, so Skeeter was his nickname used by family members for all 73 years. He was known as Blake by the rest of the world.

Blake graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio and attended college at Lon Morris in Jacksonville, Texas.

A man with a strong faith and fierce determination, he never let his many health issues defeat him. He had this ability to crack a joke and laugh through even the bad times.

He worked for American Greeting Cards for a short time but found his true passion as a medical supply technician for Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital in San Antonio for many years. In 1992, Blake received an award for Outstanding Texan with a Disability by the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities. In his acceptance speech he said, “I believe it should be broken into little pieces and shared with lots of other people with disabilities who go, or are going through more than me.”

Blake was devoted to his family and his friends. Anyone who crossed his path felt his kindness and willingness to give of himself. He never knew a stranger and he will be missed by many.

Blake leaves behind a brother and sister-in-law Mike and Patti Nash and their children, sons Brian Nash and Tyler Nash and his wife Yelena and their children Hunter and Ellie; a sister and brother-in-law Carol and Neil Morris and their children, daughter Holly Moore and husband Kenny and their children Jacob Pappas and Trey Moore and son Neil Morris, Jr. and wife Erin and their children Pierce Peterson, Camryn and Chloe Morris.