Celebration of life Saturday Thomas Edward McLemore, 85 year old Alamogordo resident died Friday Nov. 9, 2001 in Alamogordo. Thomas Edward McLemore, veteran, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather was born at home in Adair County, Okla, on March 25, 1916. He was the eldest son of Chester and Polly McLemore. A celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2001, at Grace United Methodist Church, 16th and Cuba, with the Rev. Tom Richardson officiating. The family suggests that those friends who wish may make memorial con tributions to the American Heart Association. Arrangements are under the direction of Sears Alamogordo Funeral Home.