Sellers

Mr. Sellers

KOSSE—Tommy Joe Sellers, of Kosse, passed away at his home, surrounded by his loving family, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at age 61. Tommy had fought a hard battle with glioblastoma the past eight months but was the victor over the disease as he has now entered Paradise.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Ward Street Church of Christ in Marlin, with Brother David Johnson and Brother Mark Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Eutaw Cemetery (LCR 707, Kosse.)

Pallbearers will be Keith Sellers, Bryan Sellers, Kevin Sellers, John Martinez, Joe Guerro and Jordn Villalon.

Tommy was born June 30, 1963, in Abilene, to Tommy George Sellers and Barbara Ann (Kelly) Sellers.

He lived in many different towns while growing up, while his father worked in welding, with LaGrange, being the one town that felt most like a hometown.

While Tommy was working in Kosse at U.S. Silica, he met a Kosse girl through a mutual friend, and this developed into their union for the rest of their life. Tommy was united in marriage with Kathy Lynn Wright on Aug. 24, 1984, in Groesbeck, and they made their home together in Kosse where they raised their children.

Tommy worked at Nucor in Jewett for over 20 years, while developing his self-owned welding business on the side. He was a master craftsman welder, having learned welding from his father as a young fellow, and developed his skills into his fulltime work for a period of time.

Later in life he attended truck-driving school in Waco and drove trucks all over the United States for eight years before he retired.

Tommy was also proud of his skills in all areas of carpentry work and used those talents in working on his own house.

He enjoyed fishing in his early years and playing his guitar all his life. His whole family were self-taught guitar players. At family gatherings, they would pick and sing while Kathy played the piano. He enjoyed listening to all types of music.

A special family memory was when all of Kathy’s family would gather at her grandparents after church on Sundays to eat and sometimes play and sing together, and it was an opportunity for the kids to visit with their cousins and aunts and uncles.

Tommy enjoyed studying the Bible and was a teacher in adult Bible Class on occasion. He had a beautiful voice and was the song leader on a regular basis.

He was baptized at the Kosse Church of Christ and for many years attended the Ward Street Church of Christ.

He loved his whole family and adored his grandchildren who called him “Pop-Pop.”

Tommy was preceded in death by his father, Tommy G. Sellers (June 6, 2019); his granddaughter, Kyli Jeanette Sellers (Aug. 26, 2001); fatherin- law Leldon Dwayne Wright (May 19, 2014) and mother-inlaw Willie Mae Wright (Sept. 4, 2020.)

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Kathy Sellers of Kosse; daughter and son-inlaw Jennifer and John Martinez of Rockdale; son and daughter- in-law Keith and Samantha Sellers of Kosse; son and daughter-in-law Bryan and Shelby Sellers of Kosse; son Kevin Sellers of Kosse; his mother, Barbara Sellers of Cisco; sister and brother-in-law Ruthie and Joe Guerro of Kosse; brother George Sellers of Cisco; brother John Sellers of Kosse; grandchildren Asher, Eden, Landon and Bailey Sellers, Jordn, Kenzie, Jaxon, Jayci; and many nieces and nephews.