Thomas Gregory Pappas
Special to The Oak Ridger
Thomas G. Pappas Sr., 99 years old, went home to be with the Lord on April 13, 2021.
He was born Feb. 16, 1922 in Monessen, Pa., the oldest son of Gregory and Augustina Pappas.
In his early years, he grew up in Follansbee, W.Va., where he graduated high school in 1940.
He graduated from Tennessee Tech, where he earned his Chemical Engineering degree.
After graduation, he served our nation in the U.S. Army, where he spent the next six weeks at basic training and then was shipped to Germany as a photo lithographer at the Battle of the Bulge. While in the Army he received several Medals and Ribbons and left with an Honorable Discharge.