This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thweatt, Giardino, White Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8644 Message Board Post: Houston Chronicle, Sat., 12 Mar 2005, Sec. A THWEATT WILLIAM THOMAS THWEATT, III - June 16, 1975-March 9, 2005 - W. Tom Thweatt III, age 29, was taken suddenly on March 9, 2005, in a tragic automobile accident. Born June 16, 1975 in Houston. Tom is survived by his wife Anne-Marie, nee Giardino, of Bryan, TX, his sister Tamra Appling of Richmond, VA, and parents Tom & Lou Thweatt of Katy, TX. Tom grew up in the greater Houston area and lived with his family on assignment to Algeria, London and The Hague, graduating as Salutatorian of his high school class at The American School in The Hague. He returned to the states to attend Texas A&M University, where he earned his BS degree in psychology, Magna Cum Laude, in only three years. He worked in College Station for a few years in the restaurant business with Café Excel and Freebird's, the returned to the Mays Business School at Texas A&M and earned an MBA. At the time of his untimely death, Tom was within a few months of earning his second master's degree, this one in counseling psychology at Sam Houston State University. He planned to pursue his doctorate in psychology in spiritual counseling to become a professor of psychology and practicing counselor. It was in his teaching, as a graduate student, where Tom discovered his passion and love for teaching. His teaching became another avenue for Tom to help and give back to all those around him. Kindred spirits and soul mates, Tom and Anne-Marie married August 9, 2003, and enjoyed 19 too-short months of shared marital happiness, hopes, dreams, and mutual fulfillment. They enjoyed camping, hiking, skiing, and outdoor activities, especially in the mountains of Colorado. They shared a passion for the Lakota's Red Road, where Tom was a drummer and singer of Native American songs in the native language. Tom had great love for his family and friends, and though he loved this life and would not choose to leave us, he did not fear death; relying on a deep faith in God, he saw the earthly life as a step toward the eternal life to come. A truly gentle man, Tom touched every life he encountered and hurt no one in passing through this life. Tom is survived by his two loving families, the Thweatts and the Giardinos. Tom was preceded in death by his grandfather W.T. (Bill) Thweatt of Rockdale and later Georgetown, TX, and his grandparents, Eldridge and Connie White of Rockdale , TX. His extended Thweatt family includes his grandmother, Pauline Thweatt of Georgetown, TX; sister Tamra and husband Kevin Appling and sons Robbie and Christopher; aunts, uncles and cousins Glenn and Dot Wise of Universal City, TX, and son Colin Wise; Flo Courtney of Richwood, TX and sons Wes, Kevin, and Kreg; Gene and Glenna White of Roanoke, TX, and children Brad White and Dana Zents; Dan and Sheron Scurlock of Georgetown, TX, and sons Daniel and David; Max and Tanya Burnham of Hagerstown, MD, and children Stephanie Burnham, Rachel Frisk and Grant Burnham; David and Susan Holder of Fort Worth and children Kelsey, Thomas and Andrew; and Jeff and Staci Flippin and children Jeremy and Haley. Tom's extended Giardino family includes Anne-Marie's parents Rick and Fran Giardino of Bryan, TX, Anne-Marie's grandparents John and Margaret Giardino of Pueblo, CO, Anne-Marie's aunt and uncle, Terry and Perry Hotzs, and cousins Amanda Cerise and her husband Craig, Brie Hotz, and Freddie Hotz. Services will be held 11:00 am today, Saturday, March 12, 2005, at Hillier Funeral Home, Bryan, TX. An inurnment will follow in the College Station Cemetery, College Station, TX.