Thomas "Tommy" Diamond

Graveside Services for Mr. Thomas “Tommy” Diamond will begin at 1:00 pm Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Polk Memory Gardens in Cedartown, GA. The family will receive friends from 11:30 am until 12:30pm at Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home, in Cedartown, GA prior to graveside rights. The family will receive friends at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home on Sunday, January 5, 2020 from 4:00pm - 6:00 pm in Meridian, MS.

Mr. Diamond, 74, of Collinsville passed away Friday, January 3, 2020 at Rush Foundation Hospital of Meridian.

Tommy was born and raised in Cedartown, GA and was a graduate of Cedartown Highschool in 1963; Tommy married the love of his life in 1969 and went on to graduate from West Georgia University in 1973. Tommy was also a die-hard Georgia Bulldog Fan. He began his banking career at Liberty National Bank in Cedartown, GA in 1967; he retired after 46 years in 2013 at Trustmark Bank in Meridian, MS. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Airforce. Tommy was also a member of the Meridian Optimist Club for many years.

Tommy is survived by his devoted and loving wife of 50 years, Janice Davis Diamond; special friends, Joyce Neal, Willie Mae Logan, Audrey and Larry DuPont, Gina Wooten, Jackie and Marvis Killingsworth and Doris Lanham; his special cat, “Scooter”, as well as a host of extended family and friends.

Mr. Tommy is preceded in death by his parents Guy W. and Elizabeth Diamond; and an infant sister, Margie Diamond.

Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com.

Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with local arrangements and Georgia arrangements have been entrusted to Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home