Mr. H. Dean Tumlinson, 85, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at M.D. Anderson Health Center in Houston. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at Ricks-Bowers Funeral Home in Jewett. Bro. Tad Traylor will officiate and members of Jewett Lodge #427 will give Masonic Funeral Honors. Burial will follow the services in Little Flock Cemetery with an Honor Guard from the U. S. Army. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Harlon Dean was born in Jewett, Texas, to the late Joseph Pink and Gertrude (Land) Tumlinson, and was the youngest of ten children. His father was a Jewett area farmer, as was his grandfather, George Washington Tumlinson, his great-grandfather Thomas Tumlinson, and his uncle, George Washington Tumlinson.
He was preceded in death by his youngest daughter, Diana Lynn (Tumlinson) Dalrymple; and by all of his siblings: William George "Ernest" Tumlinson, Harvey Burnard Tumlinson, Tennie Gretna Tumlinson Allie, Evelenar Tumlinson Wedgeman, Bessie Mae Tumlinson Greene Bosson, Joseph Elmer Tumlinson, Mattie Edale Tumlinson, Burma Faye Tumlinson Leeper, and Dee Roy Tumlinson.
Survivors include his wife of over 24 years, Linda Tumlinson, of Trinity; daughter, Debora Kay Tumlinson, of Houston; step-sons, Mark Lawler, of Trinity, and Scott Lawler, of Houston; step-daughter, Debbie Arsement, of Maynard, Arkansas; several step-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Dean wanted to return to his childhood home of Jewett, where he ran the pastures, creeks, and woods as a child and planned to come home. He will be buried next to his parents, siblings, grandparents, many cousins, uncles, and aunts. M5
Harlon Dean was born in Jewett, Texas, to the late Joseph Pink and Gertrude (Land) Tumlinson, and was the youngest of ten children. His father was a Jewett area farmer, as was his grandfather, George Washington Tumlinson, his great-grandfather Thomas Tumlinson, and his uncle, George Washington Tumlinson.
He was preceded in death by his youngest daughter, Diana Lynn (Tumlinson) Dalrymple; and by all of his siblings: William George "Ernest" Tumlinson, Harvey Burnard Tumlinson, Tennie Gretna Tumlinson Allie, Evelenar Tumlinson Wedgeman, Bessie Mae Tumlinson Greene Bosson, Joseph Elmer Tumlinson, Mattie Edale Tumlinson, Burma Faye Tumlinson Leeper, and Dee Roy Tumlinson.
Survivors include his wife of over 24 years, Linda Tumlinson, of Trinity; daughter, Debora Kay Tumlinson, of Houston; step-sons, Mark Lawler, of Trinity, and Scott Lawler, of Houston; step-daughter, Debbie Arsement, of Maynard, Arkansas; several step-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Dean wanted to return to his childhood home of Jewett, where he ran the pastures, creeks, and woods as a child and planned to come home. He will be buried next to his parents, siblings, grandparents, many cousins, uncles, and aunts. M5
Mr. H. Dean Tumlinson, 85, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at M.D. Anderson Health Center in Houston. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at Ricks-Bowers Funeral Home in Jewett. Bro. Tad Traylor will officiate and members of Jewett Lodge #427 will give Masonic Funeral Honors. Burial will follow the services in Little Flock Cemetery with an Honor Guard from the U. S. Army. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.
Harlon Dean was born in Jewett, Texas, to the late Joseph Pink and Gertrude (Land) Tumlinson, and was the youngest of ten children. His father was a Jewett area farmer, as was his grandfather, George Washington Tumlinson, his great-grandfather Thomas Tumlinson, and his uncle, George Washington Tumlinson.
He was preceded in death by his youngest daughter, Diana Lynn (Tumlinson) Dalrymple; and by all of his siblings: William George "Ernest" Tumlinson, Harvey Burnard Tumlinson, Tennie Gretna Tumlinson Allie, Evelenar Tumlinson Wedgeman, Bessie Mae Tumlinson Greene Bosson, Joseph Elmer Tumlinson, Mattie Edale Tumlinson, Burma Faye Tumlinson Leeper, and Dee Roy Tumlinson.
Survivors include his wife of over 24 years, Linda Tumlinson, of Trinity; daughter, Debora Kay Tumlinson, of Houston; step-sons, Mark Lawler, of Trinity, and Scott Lawler, of Houston; step-daughter, Debbie Arsement, of Maynard, Arkansas; several step-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Dean wanted to return to his childhood home of Jewett, where he ran the pastures, creeks, and woods as a child and planned to come home. He will be buried next to his parents, siblings, grandparents, many cousins, uncles, and aunts. M5
Harlon Dean was born in Jewett, Texas, to the late Joseph Pink and Gertrude (Land) Tumlinson, and was the youngest of ten children. His father was a Jewett area farmer, as was his grandfather, George Washington Tumlinson, his great-grandfather Thomas Tumlinson, and his uncle, George Washington Tumlinson.
He was preceded in death by his youngest daughter, Diana Lynn (Tumlinson) Dalrymple; and by all of his siblings: William George "Ernest" Tumlinson, Harvey Burnard Tumlinson, Tennie Gretna Tumlinson Allie, Evelenar Tumlinson Wedgeman, Bessie Mae Tumlinson Greene Bosson, Joseph Elmer Tumlinson, Mattie Edale Tumlinson, Burma Faye Tumlinson Leeper, and Dee Roy Tumlinson.
Survivors include his wife of over 24 years, Linda Tumlinson, of Trinity; daughter, Debora Kay Tumlinson, of Houston; step-sons, Mark Lawler, of Trinity, and Scott Lawler, of Houston; step-daughter, Debbie Arsement, of Maynard, Arkansas; several step-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Dean wanted to return to his childhood home of Jewett, where he ran the pastures, creeks, and woods as a child and planned to come home. He will be buried next to his parents, siblings, grandparents, many cousins, uncles, and aunts. M5
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
