Thomas "Tom" F. Warden

A memorial service for Tom Warden will be held, Friday, June 19, 2026, at 1:00 PM at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Sikes and Dr. Rhett Payne, III officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, June 19, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 12:45 PM prior to the service in the chapel. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.

Mr. Tom Warden, age 76, of Meridian passed away Monday, June 15, 2026, at his home.

Tom Warden was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and respected member of his community whose life embodied service, hard work, and a deep love of his country. Born into a coal mining family in the Appalachian Mountains, he answered the call of duty early, serving as a field medic with the U. S. Army’s 1st Cavalry division in Vietnam in 1970. He later spent 11 years as a Virginia State Trooper before moving to Mississippi, where he managed and eventually owned Mid-South Welding Supply in Meridian for more than 37 years. A lifelong sports enthusiast and avid golfer, he also took great pride in tending to his 100-acre farm in Kemper County. His legacy of quiet strength, service and stewardship will be remembered by all who knew him.

Survivors include his wife of over 51 years, Judy Henderson Warden; sons, Rusty Warden (Megan) and Randy Warden (Anna); grandchildren, Nicholas Scott Warden, Addyson Warden, Abram Warden, Annilee Brown, Mary Evelynn "Evie" Warden, and Christopher Thomas "C.T." Warden; siblings, Wade Warden, Linda Herres, Nancy Cooper (Jerry), and Gladys Holbrook (Ernie); mother-in-law, Joan Henderson; sister-in-law, Carol Newell (Michael); a host of nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.

He was preceded in death parents, Buck and Norma Warden; siblings, Carl Warden, Madge Herres, Harold Warden, Emerson Warden, Larry Warden, Wylenne Warden, and Mitchell Warden; father-in-law, Albert Cliff Henderson, Jr.

Online condolences may be expressed at robertbarhamffh.com.