Carl Stevenson Tomlin

Loretta Lynn sang “They don’t make ‘em like my Daddy anymore, guess they’ve thrown away

the pattern through the years! In a great big land of freedom, in a time we really need ‘em, they

don’t make ‘em like my daddy anymore”.

Carl Stevenson Tomlin was born on Dodd’s Mountain in Amherst County, VA on December 10,

1947 to Jasper and Lillie Tomlin. He went home to be with his Lord and Savior, and see his

mama, daddy, sister Eva Tomlin Mays, and father figure and family friend Richard Creasy again

on Sunday May 11, 2025, he was 77 years old. Carl was married to his only love, Cheryl Mays

Tomlin for almost 40 years. He leaves to cherish his memory four children: Carla Gay Tomlin

(Boyd Canody) and grand-pup Sweetie, Christie Gilbert (Jeremy) and grand-children Kyleigh,

Kinsleigh, and JohnHenry, Ellis Tomlin (Karen) and grandson Jeffrey, and Stefan Tomlin and

grandchildren Cailin and Shayden Tomlin. He also leaves many brothers- and sisters-in-love, and

many nieces and nephews who all loved their Uncle Carl.

Daddy was a woodcutter all his life, cutting and hauling logs to the sawmills and papermills in

his Kenworth truck. He worked at the papermill in Buena Vista where he retired some years ago.

He loved to go fish for natives, hunt for ginseng, listen to old country and bluegrass music, and

build furniture and birdhouses from hollow logs. Daddy was a faithful member of Oronoco

Church of the Brethren, where he attended until his health declined. He also was a proud U.S.

Army Veteran, having served one tour in Vietnam, and was so proud to be a member of the VFW

Post 9877 in Amherst, where he met many friends. Of all the joys in his life, his family was the

greatest, as he loved all of them so much, especially hearing his grandbabies call him Pawpaw.

A Visitation for family and friends will be held at Driskill Funeral Home at 201 Grandview

Drive, Amherst, VA on Wednesday May 14, 2025, from 6 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at

Driskill Funeral Home on Thursday May 15, 2025, at 11 AM, with a graveside service to follow

at the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church cemetery at 650 Thrasher’s Creek Road in

Amherst.