Thomas M. Pigg

Thomas Michael Pigg, age 27 of rural Carlyle died at 4:35 a.m. Saturday July 11, 2009 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese, IL. He was born February 4, 1982 in Centralia son of Daniel Lee and Candyce Ellen (Quayle) Pigg. Tom spent his entire life in the Carlyle area and, graduated from Carlyle High School in 2000, and then from SIU in Carbondale with degrees in Conservation Management and Law Enforcement. He was a member of the Agricultural Fraternity at SIU, and the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ferrin, IL. Tom was employed by the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers, first at Carlyle Lake as a Park Ranger and interpreter for the campgrounds, and currently as manager of the lock and dam in Chester, IL. He previously was a substitute teacher in the Carlyle School District and worked at Carlyle IGA in while in high school. Tom was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and raise and train dogs along side of his father. Together they started a grand line of pointers and labs of which are highly regarded in the area. He was also a member of the Ducks Unlimited and Quail Unlimited. He is survived by his parents, Daniel and Bonnie Pigg of Sandoval, and Candyce and Russel Frazier of Pocahontas ; grandmother Nina (Quayle) Owensby of Centralia; 2 brothers, Andy Pigg of Carlyle and Wes Pigg of Junction City, one sister Katie Pigg of Lewisberg,Tenn; step-brother Corey Frazier; uncles Tom (Dianne) Schwarz of Trenton, IL and Jeff (Lois) Pigg of Sandoval; cousins Elisabeth and Richard Oxenham of New York, Steve and Lynn Ann Pigg of Centralia, Scott and Angie Ballah of O'Fallon, and Mike and Jessica Hilmes of Carlyle. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Charles Ray and JoDean Pigg, Grandfathers Jerry Quayle and Kenneth Owensby and an older brother Benjamin Pigg of Sandoval. Services will be conducted at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ferrin with Rev. Scott Nierman officiating. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Cemetery. Friends may call at Zieren Day Funeral Home in Carlyle Monday from 4:00PM -8:00 PM and Tuesday at the Church from 9:30 AM until service time. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice and will be received at the funeral home. Previous EventsVisitation
Monday, July 13, 2009
Zieren Funeral Home 1111 Clinton Street
Carlyle, IL 62231 Visitation
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Bethlehem Lutheran Church 12903 Clara Street
Carlyle, IL 62231 Funeral Service
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Bethlehem Lutheran Church 12903 Clara Street
Carlyle, IL 62231