"I've heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking,
Lasses a-lilting before dawn o' day;
But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning;
The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away".

Thomas Gordon Mungall Jr. was born 1931, in Sylacauga, Alabama, and died at 8:00 p.m. Father's Day, Sunday, June 21, 2009, in Baton Rouge.

Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on June 24, 2009 at 445 Marquette, Our Lady of Mercy R.C.C. with mass to follow. Burial at Port Hudson, V.A. Cemetary at 2:00 p.m.

He is survived by his wife, Lorraine Searls Mungall, one son, Thomas Gordon Mungall III, and wife Catherine, Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mary Louise Mungall, and husband Capt. Glen Chidester JAGC, USNR, Pensacola, FL; and four grandchildren, Travis Chidester, and wife Janice, St. Augustine, FL; Tiffany Sellers, and husband Ory, James Mungall, and wife Emily, and Ian Mungall, all of Baton Rouge.

A graduate of Southern Mississippi University with a B.S. in Chemistry, 
Thomas was a resident of Baton Rouge for 53 years. He was a retired research chemist at Ethyl Corp. He was active in many civic, community and cultural organizations, including The Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge, where he was past-president and long-time board member, The St. Andrew Society of Baton Rouge where he was a founding member, The Clan Campbell Society of North America, The Scottish American Military Society, R.C.I.A., The American Legion, and served as a church usher for many years.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army 1949-52 and a member of Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church.

Pallbearers will be Thomas Mungall III, Glen Chidester, Travis Chidester, James Mungall, Ian Mungall, Ory Sellers, Jim Borland, David Brown, Roland Glover, and Larry Shepherd. Honorary Pallbearers will be, Richard Ashby, Richard Boucher, Joe Campbell, Tom Allen, Stephen Eisenbraun, Bob Ellis, Jimmy Grimes, Dave McGehee, and All Members of the St. Andrew Society of B.R.

In lieu of flowers donations to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the Baton Rouge Hospice.