Gaetano F. "Tom" Parisio, 81 of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2017

The Family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from 6pm to 8pm at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home, a funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 30th 2017 at 2pm in the All American Chapel on Fort Bragg (7242 Ardennes Rd, Fort Bragg, NC 28307) Burial with Full Military honors will follow in Lafayette Memorial Park on Ramsey Street.

Tom retired from the Army as a First Sgt after 30 years service.

He is survived by his wife Elsa of the home and daughter Viktoria Parisio of Fayetteville, a grandaughter, Dominique V. Bunce and husband Travis Ray Bunce of Raeford, NC and a great grandson Travis Lee Bunce. and his little buddy, Pepper.

-Ticking Time-

I've always referred to you as my ticking time bomb Because that's what you were, a bomb waiting to detonate Every hospital stay was like blindly cutting what could have been the trip wire The wire that would set you off Well, I'm reading this out loud which means the wire to set you off was finally cut You weren't a bomb that went off and took countless lives No, you were a bomb of love and kindness You were a bomb of jokes and laughter You were the bomb dot com Yes, your timer stopped ticking and the final wire was cut And yes our hearts may temporarily be broken and feel like there's no hope but there is There is hope that tomorrow will come There is hope that in time our hearts will heal And even though the hole you left feels like it will never go away with time your memories will help fill that hole So even though the ticking time bomb was finally detonated this isn't the end of your legacy for the lessons you've taught will live on through all the lives you touched Forever your hippy bum