Mr. Richard C. Tumbleson

November 26, 1954 - December 24, 2014

Richard Carlyle Tumbleson, 60, of Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, NY passed away on December 24, 2014. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 26,1954 to the late William H and the late Jane G (nee) Croom Tumbleson. He and his wife Joyce (nee) Alvarez spent 34 wonderful years together. He served 4 years as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, KY and was retired from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of NY. Richie is survived by his loving wife Joyce, his brothers William E and his wife Teri, of Sayreville, NJ, Wayne and his wife Patricia of Atlanta, GA, Timothy and his wife Patricia of Brooklyn, NY, John of Cedar Lake, IN and Thomas of Atlanta, and his sister Janet and her husband Rick Pharris of Mansfield, LA and stepdaughters Joyce Rinchey and her husband Stephen of Long Island, NY, Connie Tate of Brooklyn, NY as well as many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and extended family and friends. He is predeceased by both his parents and brothers James and Robert and sister-in-law Mary (nee) Baumann. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to a charity of your choice in his memory.