BAY PINES, Fla. – Thomas Green Burdin Jr., 84, of Turner and Pinellas Park, Fla., died July 22, in a Florida hospital.

Tom was also a former resident of West Bridgewater, Mass., and Selma, Ala.

He was born on March 2, 1924, the son of Thomas G. and Mabel (Record) Burdin and grew up in Chase’s Mills, Turner.

On Feb. 7, 1945, he married Vernine “Geri” Lamb, and together they raised their two sons, Thomas III and Carl. Geri died in 1993. In 1996, he married Eleanor “Ellie” Ring. Ellie died in 2007.

He was a member of Nezinscot Lodge, Kora Shrine and Scottish and York Rites.

He enjoyed reading, hunting, fishing, watching sports – especially baseball, and riding his bicycle.

He was a graduate of Hebron Academy. He earned a bachelor of science in education from the University of Maine, and a master’s in education from Harvard.

He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a long-time educator in Maine and Massachusetts schools before retiring in 1981 due to declining health.

He is survived by sons, Thomas III and daughter-in-law, Sheila, of Irwin, Pa., and Carl and daughter-in-law, Darlene, of Hartford; grandchildren, Alexandra Weeks of Jacksonville, Fla., Carl Burdin II of Naples, Fla., Heather Ennis of Hamden, Conn., Rebecca Lasky of York, Pa., and Suzanne Burdin of Brackenridge, Pa.; great-grandchildren, Thomas, John and Caroline Ennis, Abby and Rachel Lasky and Samantha Markey.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Vernine Lamb Burdin in 1993; and his second wife, Eleanor Ring Burdin in 2007.