TOMMY L. RIVES

by Melody Metzger

LAMAR-A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Daniel Funeral Home for Thomas Tommy Lee Rives, 26, Lamar, who died Friday, April 17, 2015, in an automobile accident.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Tommy Rives family, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his fiancee, Crystal Renee Buholzer, Lamar; twin infant children, Walker Lee Rives and Estelle Renee Josephine Rives; a stepson, Kaleb Michael Parcell; two brothers, Cory Joe Minear, Moundville and Nicholas Charles Rives, Oklahoma; three sisters, Monica Grummert and husband Josh, Kenesaw, Neb., Nikki Rives, Lamar and Christy Hewitt, Salina, Kan.; his mother, Teraysa Rives, Nevada, Mo. and two grandfathers, James Rives, Moundville and Terry Henderson, Salina, Kan.

He was preceded in death by his father and both grandmothers.

Mr. Rives was born July 27, 1988, at Kinsley, Kan., to Clark and Teraysa (Henderson) Rives. He was a 2007 graduate of Harrison (Ark.) High School and worked as a diesel mechanic for KRD Trucking. He loved hiking and fishing and enjoyed hunting for morel mushrooms in the spring. He was engaged to be married to the love of his life.