Thomas H. “Tom” Burwell, age 92, a resident of San Antonio for 50 years, passed away on Tuesday, the 9th of February 2021. Tom was born in Vance County, North Carolina, the son of a tobacco sharecropper.
He left at age 24 to join the Air Force but came back home to marry his sweetheart that Christmas Eve. They traveled together during Tom’s 26-year career including a time in Alaska and enjoyed camping and league bowling.
After retiring from the Air Force, Tom worked for the Veteran’s Administration for 10 years, as a Drug and Alcohol Abuse counselor, retiring for good in 1993. He was an avid golfer and his home with Doris was often the gathering place for extended family where singing was a favorite past-time. He is proceeded in death by his wife of 61 years, Doris Burwell and his son Thomas “Eddie” Burwell. Tom is survived by his daughters Gloria Sanderson and her husband David; Gayle Goldsmith and her husband Dominic; and his son John Burwell, as well as 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life service will be held for the family Sunday, March 7 at 6PM at Sunset North Funeral Home. The service will be livestreamed at SunsetNorthFuneralHome.com. Military Burial is at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on Monday, March 8, 2021 at 9am.
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