Mac Buckley

Mr. Thomas Mac Buckley, age 94, died Saturday, June 22, 2019, at Weakley County Nursing Home in Dresden.

Funeral service will be Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 2:00 P.M. at Murphy Funeral Home with Minister Gary Smithson officiating.  Burial with Military Honors will follow in Gardner Cemetery in Martin.  Visitation will be Tuesday beginning at 11:00 A.M. until funeral time.

Mr. Buckley was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Gray Buckley; parents, Atkins Buckley and Nettie McWherter Buckley; brothers, Bill Buckley and Joe Buckley; step-mother, Gertrue McGehee.

Mr. Buckley was a retired educator.  He was the former principal of Martin High School and was elected Weakley County Superintendent.  He was a longtime member of the Church of Christ.  He was a veteran; U.S. Marine.

He is survived by his children, Barry (Pam) Buckley of Fayetteville, TN and Charlotte (Michael) Cooper of Sharon; three grandchildren, Zac Buckley, Eli (Jessica) Buckley and Luke (Caroline) Buckley; six great-grandchildren; his siblings, Larry (Barbara) Buckley, Nancy (Larry) Gaylord and Wanda Wodarski.

Memorials requested to the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS, or the Weakley County Nursing Home Activity Fund, P.O. Box 787, Dresden, TN  38225