Thomas William Tawfall was born September 21 ^st , 1957. Tom was the second son of Freda and Orvell Tawfall.

Tom grew up on a farm in the Oak Grove community of Madison County.

Tom was a man of few words, as most people would tell you. Which made his wife such a perfect fit. On his 21 ^st birthday he met Linda Joy Mills. Tom always said that was his last good birthday. They were married June 20, 1981, at Union Light Church.

Tom, in typical fashion, worked up to the day of his diagnosis. Tom, 65, passed away at 4:33pm on November 13 ^th , 2022, at his home surrounded by his family and loved ones, fifteen days after his stage IV cancer diagnosis.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, Freda (O'Bannon) Tawfall and Orvell Tawfall, and a stillborn sister, Ruth Ann Tawfall.

Tom is survived by his wife Linda (Mills) Tawfall of Fredericktown, Jacob and Chelsea Tawfall of Fredericktown, Amanda and Wade Forthman of Norman, OK. Four grandbabies, Everett and Miles Forthman and Melia and Rhett Tawfall.   Ed Tawfall (Tina) of Half Moon Bay, CA. along with many loved nieces and nephews, cousins, as well as many friends and family.