Tony graduated from Vidor High School in 1980 and studied drafting and piping design at A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was a member of Pipefitters Local 195 of Beaumont, Texas, and worked in Southeast Texas as a pipefitter and draftsman before moving to Corpus to continue his career.

Tony took pride in his work, and the men and women he worked with during the past 30 years described him as a “topnotch” piping designer and their “go-to man” for solving problems. He worked for several engineering companies: Indtech, Maverick, CDI Stubbs Overbeck, Fluor Daniel, BHP, and most recently, Wood Group formerly Mustang. He designed piping systems for several clients including Southwestern Refining, Citgo, Degussa Carbon Black, Coastal Refining, American Chrome, and others. He ended his career while working onsite at Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas. Tony made many life-long friendships with the men and women he worked with through the years, and especially held dear those he made with Owen Pittman, Ruben Ramos, Bill Allen, and Drew Atkinson, men he considered brothers.

The love and support they, their families, and his work family provided Tony while he was in Corpus will be remembered and cherished.

Tony loved and enjoyed sports and the outdoors, and in his youth, he spent many hours playing baseball, bowling, and golfing with his family and friends. He pitched in Little League and for his High School team the Vidor Pirates and

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was an avid supporter of his favorite college, the University of Texas.

Hook’em Horns! He grew up hunting, fishing, and camping in the Little Wolf Creek Hunting Club and at Dam B in Woodville with his om, dad, sisters, two brothers-in-law Richard Marlow and Vincent Godeaux, along with his nephews and nieces, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Tony continued enjoying life with his extended work family in Corpus, saltwater fishing, deer and dove hunting, and watching stock car races.

Tony was a kind-hearted loving family man. He leaves behind a legacy of love and kindness that will be remembered and cherished by all, who knew and loved him. He was laid to rest surrounded by his immediate family and friends on June 14, 2024, in Memory Gardens, 8200 Old Brownsville Road, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was carried to his resting place by his sons Robert and Matthew, nephew Robby Marlow, brother-in-law, Maurice Arage, and two of his closest friends Ruben Ramos and Owen Pittman.

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I Am Free Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free To follow the path God made for me.

I took His hand when I heard Him call.

I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, To love, to laugh, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way, For I have found peace at last, that day.

If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembering joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Oh yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with hearts of sorrow.

My wish for you is the hope of tomorrow.

My life’s been full, I’ve savored much, Good friends, good times, A loved one’s touch. Perhaps my time seems much too brief, Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. lift up your heart and share with me,God wants me now---He’s set me free.