Thomas Franklin Fielder was born in Guadalupe County, Texas to Tom Frank Fielder and Martha Louise Parson on November 25, 1949.  He graduated from Alamo Heights High School in 1969.  A son, Thomas Fielder Jr. was later born from his first marriage to a girl named Virginia.  On June 27, 1987, he married Margie L. Mayes in Harris County, Texas. Tom passed away in Harris County on January 8, 1998.