William "Tommy" Thomas Weathers, Jr.

William Thomas "Tommy" Weathers, Jr., 70, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at his residence. He was the owner of Tommy's Recycling for 21 years. He was an avid fisherman and braves baseball fan. He was widely known and respected for his forty plus years of professional wrestling officiating. He was a professional referee from the age of 17 and inducted into The National Wrestling Alliance "Hall of Fame" on August 5, 1994. He was preceded in death by his parents, William "Bill" Thomas Weathers, Sr. and Ruby Louise Pope Weathers and brothers, David Andrew and Jerry Dean Weathers. He is survived by his loving wife Shirley McEntire Weathers; sons, Randall and Jason Weathers; step sons, Anthony and Milford Weathers, II; daughter, Cheryl and husband Charles Knox; brother: Milford Weathers, I and wife Becky; sister, Theresa Weathers Goodwin and husband, Donald "Ducky" Goodwin; sisters-in-law: Dorothy Weathers Price, Ida Mae Weathers. He is also survived by his best friend since the age of 17, Ronnie West; special friend, Alicia Hale and beloved daughter-in-law, Teresa "Pint" Peirce. He will also be sadly missed by his enormous wrestling family, countless friends and acquaintances. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012 in the chapel of Grissom Funeral Home with Reverend Billy Simmons, Reverend Jim Powell and Reverend Art Pflug officiating. Interment will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Lee Cemetery. Tyler Weathers, Rodney West, Brent West, Kenneth Roark, Mack McMurray, Larry Cheataham and Tyler Black will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home prior to the service. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Weathers family guestbook at www.grissomfh.net.