Tommy Boleyn

I am Terry Sanders the Youth Pastor at First Baptist Church. Our Church wants you to know you are in our Prayers .

Friends and family today we come together to celebrate the life of Tommy

Tommy Wayne Boleyn, 64, of Littlefield, Texas passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. He was born on December 31, 1961, in Amherst, Texas to James Ames Boleyn and Sandra Kay Boleyn (Lackey).

     In 1979, Tommy graduated from Littlefield High School. He entered the United States Army and served for several years. Tommy married his soul mate, Sharon Westring, on February 21, 2014, in Littlefield, Texas. Although he was retired for several years, Tommy formally worked as a truck driver for The Globe and worked at American Cotton Growers in Littlefield, Texas. He enjoyed fishing in his spare time.

     Tommy was always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need. He had a big heart and was full of life. Tommy shared many memories with his family and friends. He loved a good joke and his laugh was contagious. Those who knew Tommy will miss the stories he told and the moments spent laughing.

     Those left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 14 years, Sharon Lynn Boleyn of Littlefield, Texas; three daughters, Danielle Scott and spouse Derrick of Lubbock, Texas, Autumn Pickard of Lubbock, Texas, and Brandea Enloe and spouse Beau of Littlefield, Texas; sixteen grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and one brother, Jimmy Boleyn of Portales, New Mexico. Tommy is preceded in death by his parents, James and Sandra Boleyn.

Danielle shared something beautiful about her dad that I think captures who Tommy was as a father.

When Danielle was just a baby, Tommy worked nights as an EMT. He would come home exhausted after working all night, and her mom would hand Danielle to him. She would curl up in his arms and fall asleep. The problem was, every time he tried to put her down, she would cry.

So Tommy would sit in that rocking chair, prop his feet up, and hold his little girl while she slept.

Danielle said, “I think that story says a lot about the kind of father he was. He was tired. He had worked all night. He could have put me down and let me cry. But instead, he held me.”

And in one way or another, he kept holding her for the next 42 years.

He protected her, believed in her, made her laugh, sometimes drove her crazy, and loved her through every season of life.

That same love carried over to his grandchildren. Papa may have talked tough, but everybody knew those grandkids could get away with just about anything. Danielle said his philosophy was pretty simple: “My grandkids and I do what I want.” That was Papa.

And one of Danielle’s most treasured memories happened last Christmas. Tommy pulled her aside and told her how thankful he was for her husband, Derrick. He told her, “I know no one is going to love you like me because I loved you first. But he is very close to it.”

Then Tommy told her something that meant everything to a father:

“Dani, I can breathe.”

He knew his little girl was loved, protected, and cared for, and that gave him peace.

Danielle described her dad as the glue that held so much of her life together. He loved her when she was difficult to love. He believed in her when she didn’t believe in herself. He was her protector, her encourager, and her safe place.

And perhaps her words to him say it best:

“Dad, thank you for loving me first. Thank you for being my safe place. I will always be proud that I got to call you my father.”

*****Autumn shared some beautiful memories of her dad that show not only the kind of father he was, but the legacy he leaves behind.

When Autumn was a little girl, she was the only girl on a boys’ baseball team. At one game, she hit the final home run, and her dad ran onto the field, picked her up, put her on his shoulders, and told her how proud he was.

He carried her to the concession stand and told her she could have anything she wanted. She chose a pickle-juice snow cone. Her dad hated pickle juice, but that day he ordered one too, just so he could share that moment with his daughter. He could barely stomach the first bite, and the faces he made had Autumn laughing so hard she dropped hers. Without hesitation, he handed her his.

It may have seemed like a small thing, but to that little girl, it meant everything. She remembers holding her daddy’s hand as they walked back to the car and how safe she felt beside him.

That same little girl eventually found her place beside her dad in the kitchen. She watched him cook, grill, and smoke meat and learned everything she could from him. Eventually, he began letting her help, telling her, “You’re going to be just like me when it comes to cooking.”

Years later, those words became part of his legacy.

When Autumn opened her own food truck, Backwood’s Barbie’Q, one of the first people she called was her dad. She told him that everything he had taught her was now being passed down to her own children. She dedicated part of the business to him and promised that his traditions would continue.

She could hear the emotion in his voice and knew how proud he was.

And that may be one of the greatest things we can say about a person’s life: what he taught his children didn’t stop with them. It is now being passed on to his grandchildren.

Autumn said that from now on, every time she puts a brisket on the smoker, part of her daddy will be right there with her.

And her final words to him are beautiful:

“Daddy, thank you for teaching me. Thank you for being my rock and my safe place. I’ll carry you with me, I’ll keep building the legacy you started, and I’ll keep trying to make you proud until I see you again.”

After visiting with the family i can see how much Tommy loved his family.

Today we come together to honor and celebrate the life of Tommy!

There is one greater than us!!!

One that took away the sting of death by his resurrection. You see in John 14:1-6 Jesus states

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Just like Thomas we might be asking How can we know the way!!!!

You might be saying today how can I handle any more grief or pain in this life.

They answers are found in the words of Jesus, when he said I am the Way, and the truth and the life.

You see even in pain, grief and sorrow we have a great Joy that runs deep!!!

We know based on the words of our Savior that those who have placed their trust in Jesus will have a glorious reunion.

Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life.

Those who believe in me, even though they die, yet they shall live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.

I am the Alpha the Omega, the beginning and the end the first and the last.

I died and behold I am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and death because I live, you shall love also.

As we come here gathered today in God’s presence as family and friends to remember the life of Tommy

We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss.

May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection.

*Friends and family there is comfort in the memories of how Tommy touched your lives and made it different

*There is comfort in remembering that death is not the end if you have a relationship with Christ.

*There is comfort in knowing that you can see those who have a relationship with Christ again.

* Our greatest comfort is found in Christ.

Jesus said, “come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest” Jesus has promised through the writer of Hebrews, “I will never leave you…nor forsake you.”

And it is through a relationship with Christ that we are able to say as the Psalmist, “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”

In reality we are not given a choice about whether to meet death, or even when to meet death, only how to meet death.

Jesus promises eternal life to “ those who believe in him and have a relationship with him.”

Today, beyond our natural sorrow, there is a supernatural joy that comes from knowing:

…the reality of Jesus

…the reality of God’s love

…the reality of forgiveness

…the reality of the new birth

…the reality of Heaven

…the reality of eternity

*This is our hope

*This is our confidence

It is because of the hope we have in Christ that gives us Hope when we find ourselves in such sorrow and pain.

1 Corinthians 2:1 tells us that no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.

He has a place prepared where there is no pain, no tears, no fear, no depression, Those same hands that died for us will wipe every tear from our eyes.

When we die we are just begging the chapter of our true lives, Our life here on Earth is Just the cover of our lives.

You know, we have hope today. We have hope because John 3:16 says,

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

I also love Luke 12:32. It says, "'Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.'"

Isn’t that encouraging . . .

God is our Shepherd, Father & King.

And Speaking of a Shepherd. The 23rd Psalm says:

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters, he restores my soul. He guides me along the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Surely goodness & mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

This really is a Celebration of life.

At just the right time, Jesus called Vicki Home.

And the Bible tells us a little about Heaven…

Revelation 21:4 says, In Heaven, “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

In Heaven, There are no prisons, no hospitals, no sickness, no weakness, no death, no suffering. No worry or depression…

Right now, Vicki is in Heaven:

With no more pain or suffering…

I’m so thankful for that.

And I’m so thankful for the life Vicki.

I want to pray over the family and then you will be dismissed

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