Thomas Joseph "Tommy Joe" Needham

Mr. Thomas Joseph "Tommy Joe" Needham, age 75, of McEwen, TN, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, TN. Mr. Needham was born May 10, 1939, in McEwen, TN, to Patrick Joseph and Mattie Gladys Hedge Needham. He was married to Linda Sue Wright Needham. He was an avid farmer and a retired Buildings Trade for Consolidated Aluminum Corporation in New Johnsonville, TN. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in McEwen, TN, and a former member of the AFL-CIO Aluminum Workers International Union at Conalco. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, July 16, 2014, from 2:30-9 p.m. and Rosary service at 7:30 p.m., at the Luff-Bowen Funeral Home in McEwen. Thursday, July 17, 2014, visitation will be from 9-9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Funeral mass will be held Thursday, July 17, 2014, at 10 a.m., at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in McEwen, with Rev. Michael Baltrus officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Patrick Cemetery in McEwen, TN. Active pallbearers will be Pat Oliphant, Joe Oliphant, John Needham, James Oliphant, Richard Richardson, and Terry Coleman. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to: St. Patrick School, 175 St. Patrick Street, McEwen, TN 37101, or to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, National Headquarters, 801 Eighteenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006-3517 Survivors include: Wife: Sue Needham, McEwen, TN 1 Brother: Leonard "Moe" Needham, McEwen, TN 3 Sisters: Patricia "Tug" Oliphant, McEwen, TN Judy Totty (Dale), McEwen, TN Margaret Ellen Hooper (Harris), Waverly, TN Special Nieces: Carol Davis and Joanie Coleman Numerous loving nieces and nephews LUFF-BOWEN FUNERAL HOME 9729 Hwy. 70 East McEwen, TN 37101 Telephone 931-582-6271 Obituary Line 931-296-3500