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- Thomas Francis Tupper
Retired from Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Thomas Francis Tupper, 77, of Clinton, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge.
Born Sept. 13, 1925, in Anderson County, he was the son of Hugh Martin and Emmily Lou Jackson Tupper, both now deceased.
He was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Clinton. He retired from Oak Ridge Associated Universities after 24 years as a receiving specialist and was a member of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities retirees group. He had also worked 19 years for Hoskins Drug Stores in Clinton.
His family described him as an avid reader and a great mechanic who enjoyed gardening and loved collecting pocketknives.
Mr. Tupper is survived by his wife of 47 1/2 years, Lula Bruce Tupper; son Thomas B. Tupper and his wife, Susan, of Clinton; grandchildren Leean Renee Tupper, Emmily Sarah Lou Tupper, Kevin Bruce Tupper, Holly Marie Tupper and James Hugh Tupper, all of Clinton; sisters-in-law Juanita Tupper of Kingsport and Charlene Balliet Donahoo and her husband, Melvin, of Barefoot Bay, Fla.; brothers-in-law Charles Ray Bruce of Clinton, Roy Eugene Bruce and his wife, Florine, of Speedwell, and Boyd Kenneth Bruce and his wife, Flossie, of Gainesville, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, James Hugh Tupper; a grandson, Thomas Ray Tupper; and a brother, Charles Ernest Tupper.
The funeral was held Sunday, Feb. 2, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with the Rev. John Clark officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Cemetery in Clinton.
Memorials may be made to St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 252 N. Main St., Clinton, TN 37716.
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