THOMAS STABLET "TOMMY" TEAGUE of Brinkley, AR died May 2, 2012 at the age of 61. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri for more than 38 years. He assisted his mother in their family business, Branscumb Funeral Home, Inc since 1981. He served his apprenticeship at Lawrence A. Jones Funeral Home in Kansas City, MO. He later moved to Chicago, where he was employed at Taylor Funeral Home. A graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was a longtime member of the Arkansas chapter of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.