Mr. Thomas Lawrence "Tommy" Haley

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 his grandson Lucas Harbison of Watson and Sons Funeral Home.
The family will receive 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 and 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 his spare time, Tommy was an avid and accomplished golfer and fisherman.
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. Tommy loved and was blessed with three children, Sharon Peace and husband Roy of Center, Julie Harbison and husband Heath of Center, and Michael Haley and wife Scharla of San Augustine, and as luck and God would have it, he was blessed with three more to round out his life, Lauren Bateman and husband Clayton of Whitehouse, Bailey Williams of Henderson, and Blake Williams of Henderson; grandchildren, Tanner Peace, Suzanne Peace, Lucas Harbison and wife Haley, Justin Harbison, Lylah Bateman and Connor Bateman; great-grandchildren, Hayden and Harper Harbison; sisters-in-law, Mary Haley and Peggy Haley; Michelle's father, Charles Sparkman and wife Shelli; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Susan and Jeff Whealdon; brothers-in-law, Bobby and Cole Sparkman; 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 & watsonandsonsfh.com