Thomas L. Secrest, 70, West Point grad became lawyer
January 30, 2020
Thomas Lavell Secrest of Pawleys Island died Jan. 27. He was 70.
He was born May 21, 1949, in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1966 to 1970. After graduation, he served in Germany and Fort Knox. He resigned his commission in 1975.
After graduation from the University of Texas Law School in 1978, he joined the law firm of Fish & Neave in New York where he was a patent infringement trial lawyer.
Mr. Secrest married Elizabeth Weug Secrest in 1981 and they resided in Brooklyn and Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., until retiring to Pawleys Island in 2004.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Laurence Lavell Secrest (Jennifer); two grandchildren, Sarah Secrest and Johnathan Lavell Secrest; his brothers, John Secrest (Claudia) and Randy Secrest; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel. Burial will be at West Point at a date to be announced.
Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.
There is a guest book at goldfinchfuneralhome.com.
