Thomas Marvin Braswell, age 99, of Rentz, passed away on Monday, January 04, 2016 at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center.

Services will be held at 11:00AM on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rentz Cemetery. Rev. Grady Mimbs and Rev. Charles Alligood will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.

Heath Braswell, Greg Gay, Leonard Bolyard, Jr., Alan Smith, Jimmy Alligood and Rickey Alligood will serve as pallbearers.

Mr. Braswell was born in Dexter, GA on January 14, 1916, to the late Samuel D. Braswell, Sr. and the late Emma K. Fann Braswell. He was of the Baptist faith and a Veteran of the United States Army. He retired from the Laurens County Board of Education and loved hunting and fishing. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Alligood Braswell; son, Gary Braswell; daughter, Peggy Joyce Hamilton; granddaughter, Pamela Gay Gundersen; brothers, Preston and S.D. Braswell, Jr. and sisters, Lois Register, Frances Woodard and Louise Braswell.

He is survived by his daughter, Emmie Zell Gay of Milledgeville; sons, Fred Wayne Braswell (Katrina) and Larry Samuel Braswell, both of Rentz; 102 year old sister, Bernice Alligood of Dexter; sister-in-law, Betty Braswell of Rentz; 9 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675 or online at www. woundedwarriorproject.org. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff of the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center for their support and kindness. The family will be at the home of Leonard and Deidra Bolyard.