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Spouse:  None listed

Children:  Jeremy Thomas Hough

Grandchildren:  None listed

Parents:  Deborah J. Hough and Thomas E. Hough II

Siblings:  None listed

Grandparents:  None listed
 
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Thomas Eugene Hough III

Birth Date: 5/26/1972
Death Date: 4/3/2004
West Ridge Park Cemetery
Section B, Lot 152, Grave 11


Tommy's grandmother,Pat, is not only my sister, but also my dearest friend. Pat and Don married so young and lived right across the street from us. When Debbie was born she was so very special, because she was Pat's first born.
When she had Tommy, he then became special too, because we spent so much time with him, as he and Debbie lived with Pat and Don at the time.
Bob and I would often take him home with us to spend the night. One Xmas season he was
staying with us and he asked if we could sleep in the living room by the Xmas tree, but I asked him where we would sleep and he said, "I could sleep on the couch and you could sleep on the floor." Needless to say we reversed that plan.
He would always go shopping with Pat and me, while Debbie was working. Pat would warn him not to ask her to buy him anything, so one day he whispered to me, Aunt Wanda, "I'll let you buy me something, if you don't tell Grandma" I always bought him something anyway.
When Tommy was small, he and Debbie moved back to Indiana from Arizona. When they first arrived, he needed to use the restroom and in a little while he needed some assistance. Debbie said, "Are you ready for me?" Tommy said "No, let Grandma come,'cause she hasn't got to do it for a long time."
Those of you who know Debbie well, know how hard she's worked all her life, as a single mom, to support herself and Tommy, and give him a happy home. Few have been loved more or by so many, as Tommy. I don't think he ever knew that.I would ask that all of us say a special prayer for Don. Tommy was like a son to him. They talked 2 or 3 times a day, and he has been devasted, aside from all of the painful tests he's going thru. He taught Tommy to repair, construct and do anything with his hands, and he did it beautifully. Compliments on his work were no strangers to Tom, he was so very, very talented.
But somewhere in Tommy's mind he had failed, not only himself, but those that had tried to help him. I think he just couldn't face everyone again. All he ever really wanted was a home and family and it just didn't seem to happen, at least not as quickly as he wanted.
He was extremely worried about his grandpa's illness, but Tommy also had an illness that is sometimes fatal, at least in the minds of those who suffer from it. This past year or two had been extremely difficult ones for Tommy, but we thought that there was finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Some think that addiction or the disease of alcholism is merely a matter of choice. The fact that ending one's life, was easier than ending the disease should make us all remember the scripture, "Judge not, lest ye be judged".
I will miss his handsome face, his hugs and our rare talks, but nothing compares to the hurt suffered by his mother, Debbie, his Grandma and Grandpa Reynolds and his son, Jeremy, whom he loved so much. He leaves this life at such an early age, before he really knew what a good life could be.
I wish that all of us that loved him so much, could have been there at that one fateful moment to tell him again, that today may have been unbearable, but tomorrow would be better.
I will miss you Tommy, but may God now grand you the peace you've searched for, for so long.

Written by his Aunt Wanda

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Mother's pride and joy.



Mom and Grandma with Tommy at Ocean World.



Grandpa's Little Helper.



Dad, Grandma and Grandpa take Tommy to Rawhide, AZ.



Father & Son.



Tom with his Mom at Christmas.



Tom and Jeremy by "Big Red".



Proud Dad with son at his soccer game.



The perfectionist at work.



Tom with his "Little Man" Jeremy.


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