Walter Thomas "Tom" Bessett

1947 - 2014  (66 years)

• Name	Walter Thomas "Tom" Bessett
  Birth	26 Nov 1947	Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F2ECC808B752E24A8EFA82BE6DBF02653E36
  Death	20 Jan 2014
  	Cause: brain cancer
  Notes	Aria Cremation Service & Funeral Home Walter T. Bessette November 26, 1947 - January 20, 2014 Walter Thomas Bessett (Tom), 66, passed away Monday, January 20th 2014 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was born to the late Eber and Frances Bessett on Nov. 26, 1947, in Long Beach, CA. Tom graduated from Richardson High School in 1966 and attended North Texas University. He married Mary (Chuckie) Fultz in 1979 and they lived in Plano before moving to Arlington and then Richardson. Tom was a very caring and giving man always showing up with gifts for your kids and family. If you ever needed help, he was there. He was about doing what was right when it came to relationships regardless of the cost to himself. Tom enjoyed making people laugh. Humor was how he communicated. He was always surrounded by his canine friends and was a generous supporter of DFW Rescue Me. He was a strong family man a member of St Paul the Apostle Parish. Since being reunited with his childhood church, he never missed a mass. From early on he loved anything with a motor…cars, boats, motorcycles, airplanes, leading him to work in the automotive industry. He was a serial entrepreneur who had tremendous success in his life and always had a new “deal” to tell you about. Tom was an avid scuba diver and enjoyed vacationing in the Caymans with family and close friends. His other love was auto racing. Tom is survived by his wife and daughter: Chuckie and Amy Bessett. He also is survived by grandsons; Russell Hurst and Walter Hencken, as well as great-granddaughter, Zaylie Hurst. He is preceded in death by his brother Rusty and his son Jay Hurst. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to DFW Rescue Me. Their web address is www.DFWRescueMe.org A mass will be held in his honor at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Parish located at 720 S. Floyd Road, Richardson, Texas 75080 at 11AM on Saturday, February 1 and a Celebration of Tom’s Life will immediately follow mass.
  Person ID	I16267	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Eber William Bessett, Jr.,   b. 6 May 1920, Lawton, Comanche Co., Oklahoma d. 7 Jul 1997, Richardson, Dallas Co., Texas (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Frances Theresa Smith
  Family ID	F2124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary "Chuckie" Fultz
  Marriage	1979
  Children	+ 1. Amy Bessett,   b. 1 Nov 1979, Dallas, Texas
  Family ID	F2471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart