Thomas Wesley Herbst, 87, of Jasper, died Friday, January 8th, 2021. He was born on November 3, 1933, in Caldwell, Texas to Mildred Lawson Herbst and Edgar Frank Herbst.
Tom was a 1956 graduate of the University of Texas where he majored in Chemical Engineering and played saxophone in the Longhorn marching band. He worked for the Ethyl Corporation in Houston before returning to Jasper in 1959 to work for the First State Bank. He returned to school during summers and became an honor graduate of SMUâs Southwest Graduate School of Banking in 1964. Tom took over as President and CEO of the First State Bank of Jasper in 1970 where he remained until his retirement in 1998. When the bank was sold to First Bank & Trust, Tom stayed on as an Advisory Director from 1999-2003.
yeah, 70 years old, an age when most retire. rather than take it easy he decided to become a police officer. francisco washington reporting from east texas. reporter: 70-year-old tom parker joined the police department just a month ago. parker works as reserve peace officer for the department after graduating from the angelina police academy in may. that was one of the toughest things i ever did in my life. i m glad i finished. reporter: after finishing the 21-week course, parker was able to serve the jasper community. i m proud. something i never thought i could do. jasper police department is a very good police department. reporter: parker the oldest member in the class that started with 38 students. after various training and intense testing, not everyone made it to graduation day. it was great. it was very interesting going
yeah, 70 years old, an age when most retire. rather than take it easy he decided to become a police officer. francisco washington reporting from east texas. reporter: 70-year-old tom parker joined the police department just a month ago. parker works as reserve peace officer for the department after graduating from the angelina police academy in may. that was one of the toughest things i ever did in my life. i m glad i finished. reporter: after finishing the 21-week course, parker was able to serve the jasper community. i m proud. something i never thought i could do. jasper police department is a very good department. reporter: parker the oldest member in the class that started with 38 students. after various training and intense testing, not everyone made it to graduation day.xd it was great. it was very interesting going across the stage with 24 of