Tommy Woodmansee, 30; 'could always make you laugh'
Everett T. Woodmansee III -- known as Tommy -- was a spirited sports fan.
A loyal follower of the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots and NASCAR driver Mark Martin, he was ecstatic when the Patriots won the Super Bowl last year.
"I'm glad he lived to see that," said his sister, Cheryl Haines. Tommy lived with Cheryl and her family in Charlestown.
Tommy, 30, was a trivia buff, belonged to a horseshoe league, and had a warm, outgoing personality. A music lover, he could often be heard singing around the house.
"He could always make you laugh," his sister said.
While they were growing up in Carolina, Haines said, she used to take care of Tommy, who was 10 years her junior, while their parents were at work.
"We were very close -- I loved him dearly," she said. "I was like a second mother to him."
A graduate of Chariho High School, Tommy graduated from the New England Institute of Technology in 1995. He had been working as a union electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electricians, Local 99, and served for three years in the Army National Guard, in East Greenwich.
Haines said that her brother saved the life of his girlfriend, Ashley Poland of Narragansett, during the fire.
"He pushed her up to the window and got her out," she said. "Then he started helping others get out. That's in his nature."
-- Erin Emlock, Providence Journal staff
Everett T. Woodmansee III -- known as Tommy -- was a spirited sports fan.
A loyal follower of the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots and NASCAR driver Mark Martin, he was ecstatic when the Patriots won the Super Bowl last year.
"I'm glad he lived to see that," said his sister, Cheryl Haines. Tommy lived with Cheryl and her family in Charlestown.
Tommy, 30, was a trivia buff, belonged to a horseshoe league, and had a warm, outgoing personality. A music lover, he could often be heard singing around the house.
"He could always make you laugh," his sister said.
While they were growing up in Carolina, Haines said, she used to take care of Tommy, who was 10 years her junior, while their parents were at work.
"We were very close -- I loved him dearly," she said. "I was like a second mother to him."
A graduate of Chariho High School, Tommy graduated from the New England Institute of Technology in 1995. He had been working as a union electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electricians, Local 99, and served for three years in the Army National Guard, in East Greenwich.
Haines said that her brother saved the life of his girlfriend, Ashley Poland of Narragansett, during the fire.
"He pushed her up to the window and got her out," she said. "Then he started helping others get out. That's in his nature."
-- Erin Emlock, Providence Journal staff
Tommy Woodmansee, 30; 'could always make you laugh'
Everett T. Woodmansee III -- known as Tommy -- was a spirited sports fan.
A loyal follower of the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots and NASCAR driver Mark Martin, he was ecstatic when the Patriots won the Super Bowl last year.
"I'm glad he lived to see that," said his sister, Cheryl Haines. Tommy lived with Cheryl and her family in Charlestown.
Tommy, 30, was a trivia buff, belonged to a horseshoe league, and had a warm, outgoing personality. A music lover, he could often be heard singing around the house.
"He could always make you laugh," his sister said.
While they were growing up in Carolina, Haines said, she used to take care of Tommy, who was 10 years her junior, while their parents were at work.
"We were very close -- I loved him dearly," she said. "I was like a second mother to him."
A graduate of Chariho High School, Tommy graduated from the New England Institute of Technology in 1995. He had been working as a union electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electricians, Local 99, and served for three years in the Army National Guard, in East Greenwich.
Haines said that her brother saved the life of his girlfriend, Ashley Poland of Narragansett, during the fire.
"He pushed her up to the window and got her out," she said. "Then he started helping others get out. That's in his nature."
-- Erin Emlock, Providence Journal staff
Everett T. Woodmansee III -- known as Tommy -- was a spirited sports fan.
A loyal follower of the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots and NASCAR driver Mark Martin, he was ecstatic when the Patriots won the Super Bowl last year.
"I'm glad he lived to see that," said his sister, Cheryl Haines. Tommy lived with Cheryl and her family in Charlestown.
Tommy, 30, was a trivia buff, belonged to a horseshoe league, and had a warm, outgoing personality. A music lover, he could often be heard singing around the house.
"He could always make you laugh," his sister said.
While they were growing up in Carolina, Haines said, she used to take care of Tommy, who was 10 years her junior, while their parents were at work.
"We were very close -- I loved him dearly," she said. "I was like a second mother to him."
A graduate of Chariho High School, Tommy graduated from the New England Institute of Technology in 1995. He had been working as a union electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electricians, Local 99, and served for three years in the Army National Guard, in East Greenwich.
Haines said that her brother saved the life of his girlfriend, Ashley Poland of Narragansett, during the fire.
"He pushed her up to the window and got her out," she said. "Then he started helping others get out. That's in his nature."
-- Erin Emlock, Providence Journal staff
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