Tom Crenshaw, 91 of Jasper, Texas, passed away on December 14, 2022. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at Shultz Funeral Home. The family will greet friends on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
Tom Crenshaw was born July 3, 1931, in Silverton, Texas at home to Leslie and Opal Crenshaw. At an early age, his father, mother, brother, and he moved to Houston, Texas, where he was raised, graduated high school, attended the University of Houston for one year and worked at several jobs after school and on weekends. He was in the R.O.T.C. program at San Jacinto High School and a charter member at the University of Houston. Tom served in the Texas National Guard, the Regular Army and the Army Reserves. During his Regular Army career, he served at 5th Army Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. After his discharge in December, 1952, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he went to work for Texas Electric Service Company. On August 14, 1954, he returned to Chicago to marry Norma Dean Petty, at the Northwest Church of Christ, and promptly brought her to Fort Worth, Texas. They also lived in Bedford, Texas, for several years, moving to Jasper, Texas in June, 1963 when he began work for Visador Company as the Data Processing Manager. He brought Visador into the computer age and when the company sold in 1988 and moved the headquarters to Jacksonville, Florida, in October 1989, Tom, moved too, for a year and a half, then retired and came back to Jasper. He also worked as a consultant at in the late 1990's for the City of Jasper on their computer applications and a few others in Jasper on their computers. He received a degree in Computer Science from Kennedy - Western University in 1992.
He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ and taught Bible classes for many years. He served as Jasper County Republican Chairman several times. He was a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club of Jasper, serving as president and division lieutenant governor. He is survived by his son Leslie Crenshaw and fiancé Melinda Shurr; daughter Kathleen Crenshaw; grandchildren Thomas Harper, Stephen Harper, Lynda Taylor, and John Crenshaw, great- grandchildren Dylan, Dominic, Bennett, Reese, Lynley, Caden, and Walker. He is preceded in death by his wife Norma Dean Petty, his parents Leslie and Opal Crenshaw, his one brother Hugh, and a great granddaughter Alannah Lynn Harper.
Condolences can be posted at www.shultzfuneralhomeofjasper.com or on Facebook at Shultz Funeral Home & Crematory.
Tom Crenshaw was born July 3, 1931, in Silverton, Texas at home to Leslie and Opal Crenshaw. At an early age, his father, mother, brother, and he moved to Houston, Texas, where he was raised, graduated high school, attended the University of Houston for one year and worked at several jobs after school and on weekends. He was in the R.O.T.C. program at San Jacinto High School and a charter member at the University of Houston. Tom served in the Texas National Guard, the Regular Army and the Army Reserves. During his Regular Army career, he served at 5th Army Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. After his discharge in December, 1952, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he went to work for Texas Electric Service Company. On August 14, 1954, he returned to Chicago to marry Norma Dean Petty, at the Northwest Church of Christ, and promptly brought her to Fort Worth, Texas. They also lived in Bedford, Texas, for several years, moving to Jasper, Texas in June, 1963 when he began work for Visador Company as the Data Processing Manager. He brought Visador into the computer age and when the company sold in 1988 and moved the headquarters to Jacksonville, Florida, in October 1989, Tom, moved too, for a year and a half, then retired and came back to Jasper. He also worked as a consultant at in the late 1990's for the City of Jasper on their computer applications and a few others in Jasper on their computers. He received a degree in Computer Science from Kennedy - Western University in 1992.
He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ and taught Bible classes for many years. He served as Jasper County Republican Chairman several times. He was a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club of Jasper, serving as president and division lieutenant governor. He is survived by his son Leslie Crenshaw and fiancé Melinda Shurr; daughter Kathleen Crenshaw; grandchildren Thomas Harper, Stephen Harper, Lynda Taylor, and John Crenshaw, great- grandchildren Dylan, Dominic, Bennett, Reese, Lynley, Caden, and Walker. He is preceded in death by his wife Norma Dean Petty, his parents Leslie and Opal Crenshaw, his one brother Hugh, and a great granddaughter Alannah Lynn Harper.
Condolences can be posted at www.shultzfuneralhomeofjasper.com or on Facebook at Shultz Funeral Home & Crematory.
Tom Crenshaw, 91 of Jasper, Texas, passed away on December 14, 2022. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at Shultz Funeral Home. The family will greet friends on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
Tom Crenshaw was born July 3, 1931, in Silverton, Texas at home to Leslie and Opal Crenshaw. At an early age, his father, mother, brother, and he moved to Houston, Texas, where he was raised, graduated high school, attended the University of Houston for one year and worked at several jobs after school and on weekends. He was in the R.O.T.C. program at San Jacinto High School and a charter member at the University of Houston. Tom served in the Texas National Guard, the Regular Army and the Army Reserves. During his Regular Army career, he served at 5th Army Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. After his discharge in December, 1952, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he went to work for Texas Electric Service Company. On August 14, 1954, he returned to Chicago to marry Norma Dean Petty, at the Northwest Church of Christ, and promptly brought her to Fort Worth, Texas. They also lived in Bedford, Texas, for several years, moving to Jasper, Texas in June, 1963 when he began work for Visador Company as the Data Processing Manager. He brought Visador into the computer age and when the company sold in 1988 and moved the headquarters to Jacksonville, Florida, in October 1989, Tom, moved too, for a year and a half, then retired and came back to Jasper. He also worked as a consultant at in the late 1990's for the City of Jasper on their computer applications and a few others in Jasper on their computers. He received a degree in Computer Science from Kennedy - Western University in 1992.
He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ and taught Bible classes for many years. He served as Jasper County Republican Chairman several times. He was a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club of Jasper, serving as president and division lieutenant governor. He is survived by his son Leslie Crenshaw and fiancé Melinda Shurr; daughter Kathleen Crenshaw; grandchildren Thomas Harper, Stephen Harper, Lynda Taylor, and John Crenshaw, great- grandchildren Dylan, Dominic, Bennett, Reese, Lynley, Caden, and Walker. He is preceded in death by his wife Norma Dean Petty, his parents Leslie and Opal Crenshaw, his one brother Hugh, and a great granddaughter Alannah Lynn Harper.
Condolences can be posted at www.shultzfuneralhomeofjasper.com or on Facebook at Shultz Funeral Home & Crematory.
Tom Crenshaw was born July 3, 1931, in Silverton, Texas at home to Leslie and Opal Crenshaw. At an early age, his father, mother, brother, and he moved to Houston, Texas, where he was raised, graduated high school, attended the University of Houston for one year and worked at several jobs after school and on weekends. He was in the R.O.T.C. program at San Jacinto High School and a charter member at the University of Houston. Tom served in the Texas National Guard, the Regular Army and the Army Reserves. During his Regular Army career, he served at 5th Army Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. After his discharge in December, 1952, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he went to work for Texas Electric Service Company. On August 14, 1954, he returned to Chicago to marry Norma Dean Petty, at the Northwest Church of Christ, and promptly brought her to Fort Worth, Texas. They also lived in Bedford, Texas, for several years, moving to Jasper, Texas in June, 1963 when he began work for Visador Company as the Data Processing Manager. He brought Visador into the computer age and when the company sold in 1988 and moved the headquarters to Jacksonville, Florida, in October 1989, Tom, moved too, for a year and a half, then retired and came back to Jasper. He also worked as a consultant at in the late 1990's for the City of Jasper on their computer applications and a few others in Jasper on their computers. He received a degree in Computer Science from Kennedy - Western University in 1992.
He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ and taught Bible classes for many years. He served as Jasper County Republican Chairman several times. He was a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club of Jasper, serving as president and division lieutenant governor. He is survived by his son Leslie Crenshaw and fiancé Melinda Shurr; daughter Kathleen Crenshaw; grandchildren Thomas Harper, Stephen Harper, Lynda Taylor, and John Crenshaw, great- grandchildren Dylan, Dominic, Bennett, Reese, Lynley, Caden, and Walker. He is preceded in death by his wife Norma Dean Petty, his parents Leslie and Opal Crenshaw, his one brother Hugh, and a great granddaughter Alannah Lynn Harper.
Condolences can be posted at www.shultzfuneralhomeofjasper.com or on Facebook at Shultz Funeral Home & Crematory.
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