Obituary of Thomas Sidney Greenwood

Services for Thomas Sidney Greenwood, 92, of Amarillo, TX, will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, July 2, 2016 in the Abernathy First United Methodist Church. Military graveside services will follow in the Hale Center Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. Mr. Greenwood died Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Amarillo. He was born February 18, 1924 in Knox City, TX to Thomas and Josie Greenwood. He was the oldest of five children and the family moved to Hale Center when he was very young. Thomas attended schools in Hale Center and Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School in 1941. He attended and graduated from Texas Tech College in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering and was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Tom served as a Corpsman in the US Army as a Surgical Tech in WWII. He was stationed in Belgium France in a MASH unit. He married Patsy Ruth Brownd on May 26, 1946 in Abernathy. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Memorial Day weekend 2016 in Amarillo with family and friends. Tom was a successful manager of several textile factories and enterprises. He retired in Cordell, OK at the age of 72 in 1993. He and Pat moved to Amarillo in December 2005 and are current members of St. Stephen United Methodist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Nova Dee, and 3 brothers, Lloyd Ray, Bernie Joe, and Harold Jay. Tom is survived by his loving wife, Pat, 2 daughters, Sandra Reeves and husband, Jim of Beaver, OK, and Pat Greenwood of Amarillo, 2 sons, Tom Greenwood and wife Susan of Hurst, TX, and Joe Greenwood and wife Pam of San Angelo, TX, 8 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and many friends and family.