Garland Thomas Boole "Capt. Tom"

Garland Thomas Boole, 76, husband of Anne Webb Boole and a resident of Chesapeake, Virginia passed away Monday, April 12, 2010 at his residence. A native of Exmore, he was the son of the late Norman O. Boole and the late Annie Chandler Boole. Mr. Boole was a member of Great Hope Baptist Church in Chesapeake. After retiring with 20 years of service from the Coast Guard in 1975, he began a second career as a Ship's Pilot with Norshipco and retired from there in 1998.

Other than his wife, he is survived by two children, Michael Boole and his wife Mary Vick of Indiana, Pa., Marianne Westrich and her husband Ronald of Virginia Beach, VA; a brother, Ralph Boole of Alabama; three grandchildren, Jennifer Musser of Thornhurst, PA, Elizabeth Halleck of Tampa, FL, and Kathryn Gamet of Greenville, S.C.; and three great grandchildren, Micah, Adam, and Lauren. He was predeceased by a daughter, Jane Baldwin Boole.

Funeral services will be held Friday, April 16, 2010 at 11:00 am from the Great Hope Baptist Church, 1401 Battlefield Blvd. S., Chesapeake, Va. The Dr. John W. Godfrey and Dr. John L. Halsey will officiate. Graveside and interment services will be held at the Johnsons United Methodist Church Cemetery with Military Honors, 11175 Bayside Road, Machipongo, Va., Friday, April 16th at 3:30 p.m. Family will receive friends at Oman Funeral Home, 653 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, Va., Thursday, April 15th from 7:00 to 8:30.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com

Arrangements by Doughty Funeral Home, Exmore.