

TSgt Cole retired with 23 years of service in the USAF and served at various duty stations around the world including Pakistan, Thailand, and England. TSgt Cole retired from Wright Patterson AFB and settled in San Antonio, TX.
He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas and Amy Cole and his sisters Amy Ruth Cole and Darlene Taylor.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Willie Mae Stella Cole; his children: Michael Patrick Cole (Jennifer Cole), Thomas Earl Cole Jr. (Tammy Cole), and Mary Edith Johnson; his brother Jeffrey Cole and sister Billie Lee Snowden (Donald Snowden); his grandchildren: Ashleigh Christine Johnson (George Aldana), Amber Lynn Johnson, Amy Elizabeth Johnson, Jakob Michael Garza, Samantha Garza (Anthony Garza), Krista Jane Cole (Chris O'Bryan), Jessica Elizabeth Pearson (Jack Pearson), Lennon Leigh Cole and McKinnley Elizabeth Cole; his great-grandchildren: Christian Anthony Aldana, Jeilynn Mae Aldana, David Aiden Matthew Johnson, Marlie Kailynn O'Bryan, Anthony Michael O'Bryan, Terrance John Pearson and Michael Patrick Pearson.
Thomas enjoyed umpiring baseball, square dancing, B-rated movies, coin collecting, and Dunkin Donuts.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm at Porter Loring Mortuary
ROSARY
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018
7:00PM
PORTER LORING CHAPEL
1101 MCCULLOUGH AVE
FUNERAL MASS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018
9:30AM
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CC
4222 SW LOOP 410, SAN ANTONIO, TX 7227
Interment to follow at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery with Full Military Honors
1520 Harry Wurzbach, San Antonio TX 78209
Reception Luncheon following Interment
RSVP to Mary (Cole) Johnson
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