Mr. Thomas Willie Strong

August 6, 1938 - December 19, 2020

Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Willie Strong, 82, of Carthage, Texas will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Cocklin officiating. Burial will follow in the Six Mile Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-8:00 p.m. Monday night at the funeral home. Mr. Thomas Willie Strong was born August 6, 1938 in Center, Shelby County, Texas. He passed this life December 19, 2020 in Longview, Texas. He was born to the marriage of Alvin Lee and Viola Wilburn Strong. Thomas was raised and schooled in Center, Texas. He married Betty Sue Davidson and they would celebrate many years of marriage before she preceded him in death. Mr. Strong was a longtime worker with Alcoa and Tyson Foods before his retirement. He is also preceded in death by his parents; daughters, Wanda Sue Strong Blue, and Jennifer Strong Born; brothers, Buddy, Jerry Wayne “Buck” and Alvin Lynn “Bubba” Strong; grandchildren, Veronica Copeland, and Angela Austin. Mr. Strong is survived by his children, Cathleen Copeland and Tommy Strong; sister, Johnnie M. Higginbotham of San Augustine; brothers, Cecil Strong and wife Karie of Center, and Waymon Strong of Kilgore; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and a host of friends. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com