Thomas Houston Fitzgerald

APRIL 8, 1933 – May 15, 2021

Thomas Houston Fitzgerald, 88, returned to live with his Heavenly Father and join his wife, Phyllis Lorine McCormick Fitzgerald on May 15, 2021.

He was born April 8, 1933 to Houston Flood Fitzgerald and Mirl McGann Fitzgerald in Nelson County, Virginia. He is survived by his only sibling, Madge Grant Bradley. He graduated from Fleetwood High School in Nelson County, Virginia.

Thomas served in the US Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Germany. He was a military policeman and a top-secret courier.

He took classes at the University of Maryland while stationed in Germany. He graduated from Phillips Business College in Lynchburg with a degree in accounting.

He worked as an accountant for Boonesboro Country Club, Craddock-Terry, Old Dominion Box Company, Babcock and Wilcox, and Kowalsky Machine.

He was a member of the Lyn-Dan Heights Ruritan Club and the Woodman of the World.

Thomas was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He and Phyllis were baptized as one of the first members in Lynchburg in October 1967. Thomas and Phyllis were legally married on December 4th, 1959 and again on September 19th, 1983 for all time and eternity in the Washington DC Temple.

He loved being outdoors doing yard work and planting a massive garden every summer. If he had to stay indoors, he enjoyed reading, listening to classical music, and watching cartoons.

Thomas leaves behind his two daughters: Lisa F. Rakes and her husband Gary of Wausau, WI and Lori F. Davis and her husband Greg, of Brookneal, VA. He is the grandfather of seven: Alison R. Hostetler and her husband Jeffrey, of Pensacola, FL, Amanda R. Smith and her husband Steven, of Melbourne, FL, Garret Thomas Rakes and his wife Devika, of Corpus Christi, TX, Darin L. Fitzgerald of Rustburg, VA, and Leah E. Rakes of Wausau, WI, Morgan Davis Worley and her husband Jeremiah of Moseley, VA and Nicholas Davis of Concord, VA. He is also the great grandfather of six: Riley, Taylor and Addison Hostetler, Declan, Daphne and Beckett Smith; and other close and dear family members.

A memorial service will be held at 2 pm on June 5, 2021 at the Whitten Timberlake Chapel, 7404 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg, VA.