July 14, 1946 April 27, 2025
Graveside services for Mr. Thomas Lawrence “Tommy” Haley, 78, of Henderson, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center. Interment will follow under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home and Watson & Sons Funeral Home.
The family will received friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home in Henderson. Additionally, family will receive friends from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, in the chapel at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center.
Mr. Haley passed from this life on April 27, 2025, at his residence in the Harper Community of Rusk County surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 14, 1946, in Center to the late Gene “Pete” and Mary (Miller) Haley. Tommy graduated from Center High School and went on to attend Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service where he graduated with the class of 1970. Early on in his adult life, he was also raised as a Master Mason with Sam Samford Lodge #149 in Center and was also a member of Sharon Shrine. He devoted his life to the service and care of others in some of the most difficult times of their life. In coordination with the funeral home, like many at the time, Tommy also worked on the ambulance service in addition to his duties as a funeral director and embalmer. In 1998, Tommy would move to Henderson to work at Crawford-Crim-Bryan Funeral Home, now Crawford-A. Crim, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Haley, Tommy was preceded in death by his brothers Eugene Haley Jr. and Bill Haley.
Survivors include his wife, Michelle Sparkman Haley of Henderson; children, Sharon Peace and husband, Roy, of Center, Julie Harbison and husband, Heath, of Center, and Michael Haley and wife, Scharla, of Broaddus; Michelle’s children, Lauren Bateman and husband, Clayton, of Whitehouse, Bailey Williams of Henderson, and Blake Williams of Henderson; grandchildren, Tanner Peace, Lucas Harbison and wife, Haley, Justin Harbison, Lylah Bateman and Connor Bateman; great-grandchildren, Hayden and Harper Harbison; sister-in-law, Mary Haley; and a host of nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons Tanner Peace, Lucas Harbison, and Justin Harbison, as well as Clayton Bateman and Blake Williams.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Angel Care Hospice at 702 Fairpark Dr, Suite. 102, Henderson, TX 75654.
Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com and watsonandsonsfh. com.