Thomas Roy Passley, son of the late Joseph Passley and Mary Dillie Passley, was born on May 26, 1948, in Charleston, Missouri, and departed this life on May 31, 2023, at his residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 75 years.

Mr. Passley was a Veteran of the United States Army. He was a former truck driver for Total Transport, and he enjoyed listening to music.

He is survived by two sons, Thomas Passley Jr. of Bernie, Missouri, and Steven Passley and wife Kittie of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; by two daughters, Angela McCoy of Chillicothe, Missouri; and Crystal Wilder and husband Richard of Ellsinore, Missouri; by four sister, Mary Lou, Diana, Jeanie, and Darlene; and by eleven grandchildren, and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Alyssa Passley; by three brothers, Martin, Franklin, and Joseph; and by six sisters, Etta, Alice, Dorothy, Joan, Gay Dawn, and Louise

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, June 5, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, June 5, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements.