Birth date: May 7, 1953 Death date: Apr 21, 2021
Retired Captain John Thomas Narramore passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family. John was born on May 7, 1953 in Columbia, TN John served the community he loved as a Captain for the Nashville F Read Obituary
John Thomas Narramore. I knew him as Tommy before I officially joined the family in 1970 when I married his sister, Elazabeth Anne Narramore. He became like a brother to me rather than a brother-in-law. In fact, he was more to me and my family than any brother could ever be. When we mentioned literally anything that was needed, if he was within earshot he'd say, "OK, when are we going to start?"
When he was down on his luck in college, I asked him what he Wanted to do now? He answered, "I want to become a Firefighter." So I introduced him to Smokey Davis, my uncle, and arranged for him to meet with Smokey. I was sure he would be impressed with my young "brother," and they talked for about an hour while I was sent to the river bottom, where Smokey and my dad used to run a trap line back in the day. The rest is the history of Tommy's NFD career. Smokey always spoke highly of Tommy and his NFD actions at Davis family gatherings, so I know he was proud he put has stamp of approval on Tommy.
He roofed our house in Antioch, he helped me fix our fleet of cars, he helped my widowed mother in so many ways (without ever being asked to do so), and he was like THE BST uncle to our children, Amy (McWaters) and Laura Davis. He would take them to movies, motorcycle rides (much to the worry of his sister), served as an unpaid cab driver, helped me with all sorts of home repairs, including restoration (2013) of my family's homeplace on Fernwood to make it habitable for our daughter Laura when she needed living space. It took weeks, months even, but Tommy had so many skill sets that nothing about a house scared him "OK, when we gonna start?"
He married a wonderful woman, Maryanne, from near Boston, that he met at a downtown fire he ran on. She was working at the Raddison at the time. I took an instant liking to her, the girls, not so much at first. You see my early teens somehow thought that if Tommy married her, he wouldn't love them any more. Family intervention solved that issue. Truth is, he could not possibly have loved them more. Maryanne has always been a rock to her family and I value her as good friend more than an in-law,
Speaking now of his children, Caitlin and Patrick, who are only just a few years younger than ours. He and Marianne raised them to be hardworking, attentive, loving, but most of all hardworking. The evidence of that is they are both successful in what they do, they are loving, and wouldn't hesitate to jump in and help without ever being asked to do so. They raised them to be responsible, just as their parents had raised them. This is so rare to see these days.
I could go on and on, but here's the big picture:
John Thomas Narramore was a GOOD MAN. The Davis Family treasures our memories or how he brightened the lives of all who knew him. That's about the best anyone could do during their lifetime. He'll long be remembered for just that.
