Frank T. Cole Jr., age 69, of Oak Ridge, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, Aug. 31, at Methodist Medical Center.

He was born March 6, 1944, to father Frank T. Cole Sr., and mother Ida Mae Cole (nee Fields).

Frank graduated from Quitman High School in Quitman, Ga., before joining the Air Force. He started out as a mechanic but cross-trained to work in radar where he spent the rest of his career in progressively more responsible positions.

He was passionately proud of his military service and spent many years as an active member of the VFW while living as a retiree in Eddington, Maine. His family, however, was most proud of the man he was outside of work. Frank never met a stranger. He looked past the exterior and befriended anyone who he believed to have a good heart. [Read more…]