Tom Dobbins Dodd, 76 of Midland, Texas, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Services will be at 11:00AM at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel on Saturday, January 13, 2018.Tom was born on August 13, 1941 in Wharton, Texas to Jimmy and Shirley Dodd. Tom was an excellent baseball player and played football and basketball as well. He served our country in the US Air Force for 4 years and worked with radar systems. After his military service he worked as a manager for a movie theater near Houston, Texas. In December of 1966, he married Juanita Dodd of Wenatchee, Washington and they lived in Houston, Texas, where Tom did some work for NASA and started a career with Storage Technology Corporation. He worked as an electronics service engineer. In February of 1974 his first and only child, Stephen Paul was born. In 1982 the family moved to Beaverton, Oregon. Tom was an active member of the Church of Christ, where ever he lived. He left Oregon and moved to Lubbock, Texas in 2000 and later met and married Jeanie Hamilton of Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma and moved to Oklahoma in 2003. He returned to Texas in 2015 to be near his son, here in Midland.Tom is survived by his son, Stephen Dodd and granddaughters, Olivia and Natalie Dodd of Midland, Texas and his brother Charles Dodd of Hempstead, TexasTom is preceded in death by his mother Shirley Gray Dodd and father Jimmy C. DoddThe family would like to express their gratitude towards the Midland Memorial physicians, nurses and support staff, Hospice of Midland and the staff of Polo Park Estates and all the family and friends who have sent condolences and flowers and donations in his name.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Abilene Christian University general scholarship fund.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home and Crematory of Midland. Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com.,
