C. Thomas Buckley Jr., 47, of Mount Hygeia Road, a former employee of The Fogarty Center for eighteen years, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008. He was the husband of Marcia A. (Reall) Buckley.
Born in Charleston, WV, he is the son of Carl T. and Jane “Jeanie” (Jacques) Buckley of Glocester. He had been a resident of Foster for five years and had previously lived in Glocester.
He had coached the Ponagansett High School Boys and Girls Basketball teams, the North Smithfield High School Boys Basketball team and Ponagansett Youth basketball. He was a referee for local town leagues and a volunteer for the Special Olympics. He was a member of the Glocester Lions and ran their golf tournament as well as the golf tournament for Camp Ruggles. He was a member of the Greenville Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Rhode Island College.
Besides his wife and parents he is survived by his three children; Patrick T., Michael C. and Daniel R. Buckley all of Foster, and his two sisters, Elizabeth Anderson of Terryville, CT, Jane Nelson of Greenville, SC, his maternal grandmother, Margaret (Richardson) Jacques of Smithfield and many nieces and nephews.
His funeral service will be held Monday at 11 am in Greenville Baptist Church, Putnam Pike, Greenville. Burial will follow in Acotes Hill Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 3-7pm in the ANDERSON-WINFIELD Funeral Home, Route 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville. In lieu of flowers donations in his memory may be made to the Thomas Buckley Memorial Fund, c/o any Citizens Bank branch.