Tom was a 31 year Navy Veteran serving on numerous destroyers during WWII, Korea and Vietnam, retiring as a Senior Chief Quartermaster in 1974. He received his BA Degree in Political Science in 1980. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, life member of Magnolia Lodge #60, past master of Forest Park Lodge #747, a life member of the Scottish Rite, Fleet Reserve Association Branch 282 and the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Doris Johnson Boyles; son, Richard Boyles (Kim); daughter, Dottie Boyles; sister, Ruth Turner and a host of other family and friends.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend David Maynard officiating in the Chapel of Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct., (NW Corner of I-630 and Barrow Rd) Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, (501)224-2200. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander, Arkansas.
Visitation will be Monday, November 2 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, (501)224-2200. Mr. Boyles' online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com
