Tom J. Boone was born on February 4, 1922 and went to be with the Lord on December 15, 2019. He is preceded in death by his wife, Gradis Boone, parents, Alonzo Earl and Estella Freeman Boone, brothers, Jack and Joe Boone, and sister, Sally Roberts. He is survived by his wife, Dora Lou Boone, and children Thomas Boone (Patricia) of Edmond, Oklahoma, Beverly Daugherty (David) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Linda Cloud (Gary) of Santa Cruz, California, Ann Hammond (Sonny) of Tucson, Arizona, and Paul Boone (Suzanne) of Dallas, Texas, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Toms father died of cancer when he was only four years old, and he spent most of his formative years in Wellston, Edmond, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, being raised in part by a godly aunt and uncle. In March of 1942 he went to work for the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover in Washington, D.C. He planned on getting a law degree and becoming an agent, however, God had a much different plan. After a year and a half, he resigned from the FBI and joined the Navy. While waiting to be sworn into the Navy, Tom worked for the Kerr McGee Oil Company which was drilling a wild cat well in Arcadia, Oklahoma. When the war was over, he was discharged on April 4, 1946. About this same time, he felt called to the ministry, was ordained, and enrolled in Baylor University in the fall of 1946. While he was a student at Baylor, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lott, Texas. After graduating from Baylor on August 18, 1949, he began commuting to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Tom pastored churches in Coolidge, Texas, Tulakes Baptist Church in Bethany, Oklahoma, Northview Baptist Church in Lebanon, Indiana, and Richardson East Baptist Church, Richardson, Texas from 1992-2000. He was a field consultant for Church Building Associates from 1969-1977. One of the happiest assignments Tom had during his latter years was serving as director of adult 4, department 1, at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, which forever held a special place in both Tom and Doras hearts. About ten years ago, Tom wrote an "autobiography" which he made available to numerous family members. He concluded those memoirs by writing, "My ticket to home in heaven has no date marked for the journey, but I can say with the late George Younce, who sang "Supper Time" on the Bill Gaither weekly television broadcast and followed the singing of that song by saying: "You know, I have a lot more time Behind me than I do ahead of me Should my Lord return for me tonight, Im packed and ready to go. Ive got my house all in order." I secured my ticket in 1935. It was bought for me at a tremendous price by the Landlord. All I had to do was receive it. (Ephesians 2:8-9, 3rd chapter of the gospel of John and 1st John 5:13.