Tom passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Samaritan Evergeen Hospice House. He was 92.
He was born in Holley on June 4, 1929 to Justin Byron and Edith Leola (Cross) Philpott. The youngest of the children, he was raised on the family homestead on the Calapooia River along with his siblings, “Basil,” Wilma and Ramona. He attended school in Holley and later Sweet Home.
He lived his life as a log truck driver, providing for his…