Tommy Wayne Rozelle

On the evening of April 27th, 2026, Tommy Rozelle left us to be with the Lord. Tommy Wayne Rozelle was born on October 23, 1945, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Park and Catharine Rozelle. He was born the 7th child in a loving and growing family. Tommy’s love for adventure began in childhood — from tying his goats to a wagon for trips into town to growing older and saddling his horse to make the journey himself. Later in life, you could always find Tommy working in his shop outside or in the woods setting up camp, so you could have a campfire. He was always the first one to get to camp and set everything up to make it feel like home away from home. Tommy grew up in Muskogee, where he attended and graduated from Central High School in 1963. After high school, Tommy joined the United States Air Force where he proudly served his country from 1965 — 1969. During this time, he met and married Kaye Downing in March 1967. Together they were blessed with 2 children — Kevin and Christina. They purchased their home in 1977, and Tommy resided in that house until he took his final breath. They made lots of memories in this home including the many times sitting around the CB radio talking with truck drivers all the way down to I-40. He didn’t want to miss anything so he installed a 20’ antennae on the house so that he could reach as far as possible. Many nights you could hear him signing off and saying, “K Y A 8182 over and out.” He created such a welcoming and loving home and a shop that had anything and everything in it that you could imagine, times 10. Tommy and Kaye later divorced in 1985 but remained great friends through his final day. Upon his fulfillment of service to the US Air Force in 1969, Tommy began his career for Southwestern Bell which later became known as AT&T. He completed a very successful 33-year career and retired in 2002. If something could be spliced, patched, joined or connected with wire, he was the one that could get that done. In 1988, Tommy met Doris Gourley. They married in June and joined their families. Tommy’s large family grew even bigger during his marriage to Doris with the addition of more children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and in-laws. In May of 2014, they decided to divorce but also remained very close friends throughout the remainder of her life. Tommy was a devoted father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He was greeted in Heaven by his parents, Park and Catharine Rozelle; brothers, Park and James Rozelle; sisters, Virginia, Gwendolyn, Wynona and Sharlet; former wife, Doris Rozelle and several nieces and nephews. He is survived by his brother Lyndal (Mary) Rozelle of East Helena, Montana; sister, Zane Fulton of Muskogee, Oklahoma; former wife and friend, Kaye Rozelle of Muskogee, Oklahoma; children, Kevin Rozelle of Muskogee, Oklahoma; Christina Rozelle of Muskogee, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Kyndal (Kylie) Rozelle of Cooksville, Tennessee; Allie Rozelle of Fayetteville, Arkansas; Morgan (Dominique) Nicodin of Muskogee, Oklahoma; Brittany (Alex) Harris of Bertram, TX; Austin (Kailey) Nicodin of Muskogee, Oklahoma; great-grandchildren, Uriah, Acelynn, Hunter, Taylor, Jaxson and Ashton. He is also survived by Doris’s family which includes her children, Joe (Leslie) Bridges; Tammy (Ken) Rotert; DaWayne (Jennifer) Gourley; grandchildren, Justin (Kendall) Bridges; Alyssa (Brandon) Goad; Cody (Michelle-Anne) Bridges; Tisha (Brent) McClure; Shawn Rotert; Steven Rotert; Chase Rotert; Madison (John) Henry; Levi (Marissa) Gourley; great-grandchildren, Keeghan, Rowdy, Ryker, Remi, Presley, Beau, Brice, Keagan, Mayson, Kaleb, Jaxon, Emery and Seven; brother-in-law, Jim Welch. Tommy was a wise man and known for his Daddy-ism’s, Papa-ism’s or Tommy-ism’s. He lived his life sharing those with everyone, including this: “If nothing in your life changes from this point forward, can you live with the rest of your life as it is today?” A celebration of Tommy’s life will be 12:30PM, Friday, May 8, 2026 at Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel with Luke Abel officiating. Pallbearers will be Lyndal Rozelle, Austin Nicodin, Morgan Nicodin Leighton Combs, Kyndal Rozelle and James Combs. Honorary pallbearers will be James Bell, CB Abel, Alex Harris, James Burk, Kevin Rozelle, Dale Fulton, Richard Rozelle and Joey Cookson.

Tommy Wayne Rozelle

October 23, 1945 - April 27, 2026