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Ginger (Kathryn Virginia) Croley (Blackstone) (1967)
DEATH OF CLSSMATE TOMMY SHEETS, CLASS of 1967:
The following was submitted yesterday to be posted on THE RAMS HOME PAGE:
Walter Thomas "Tommy" Sheets, Class of '67, passed away today, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Tommy's death was attributed to complications from pneumonia, for which he had been hospitalized last week. His family and several close friends were with him.
After graduating from CPHS in 1967, Tommy enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was assigned duty in Vietnam, where he survived one of the deadliest battles of the war. Upon his return home, he joined the ranks of law enforcement as an officer with the College Park Police Department. Tommy advanced through the ranks to become the city's Chief of Police. He served as Chief for nine years and retired with honor in 1996.
Tommy was born May 21, 1949. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, David and Jennifer Sheets, and grandson, Logan, all of Rome, GA. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Barbara Kay Traynham Sheets.
Tommy had requested there be neither service nor obituary upon his death. His family has given permission to notify his many friends here, via the Rams Page. From a personal perspective, Tommy and I had reconnected leading up to the Class of '67 Fifty-year Reunion last year. Try as I may, I couldn't convince him to attend, nor could his lifelong buddies Ronnie Jackson, Jack Hutcheson and others. Yet I was fortunate to have continued communicating with Tommy, who still was the same sweet and funny man we knew in high school. He truly made the world a better place.
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