Eustacio (Tommy) Padilla

Eustacio (Tommy) Padilla, age 82, of Daleville, AL, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023 at Dale Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Searcy Funeral Home & Crematory Enterprise Chapel with Elder Richie Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory directing. The family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. until service time. Tommy, as he was known by everyone, was a loving father to all his children and a great provider for his family. He was soft-spoken and gentle, a source of encouragement, advice, and guidance that will be missed by us all--a man who knew the Lord and put his trust, faith, and hope in him. Tommy served this great Nation that he loved for some fifty-five years with honor and distinction. He enlisted into the Army and began his career in 1962 with tours in Vietnam, Korea,and Germany. He was a Bronze Star recipient and received many other accommodations and acknowledgements. He retired for the first time in 1986 with the rank of E-8 Master Sergeant. But he wasn't ready to sit down, as he began a new career in civil service. He stepped back onto Fort Rucker ready to serve as he performed many different roles over the next 31 years, from 1986 through 2017, when at 75 years of age he decided to slow down... but just a little, for he loved to garden, fish, and was quite the craftsman in the wood shop. He is preceded in death by his parents Adelina and Serafin Barela, precious grandparents Juan and Manuelita Padilla, brothers Yancy Barela and Michael Barela, and son Lee Fisher. Survivors include his wife, Gladys Fisher, Daleville, AL; four daughters, Lolita Adkison (David), Enterprise, AL; Jana Mouser (Jeff), Huntsville, AL; Jessi Padilla, Enterprise, AL; Brenda Berutti, DeFuniak Springs, AL; seven sons, Richie Bell (Paula), Elba, AL; Kevin Bell (Judy), Enterprise, AL; Thomas Padilla (Nikki), Enterprise, AL; Herbert Fisher (Mary), Sherman, TX; Cliff Fisher, Jr., Italy; Bobby Fisher (Tanya), DeFuniak Springs, FL; Jo Fisher (Rita), Daleville, AL; three sisters, Viola Thomas (Denver), Enterprise, AL; Mary Madrid, New Mexico; Rosie Herrera (Toby), New Mexico; step-sister, Myra Baca, New Mexico; two brothers, Leo Padilla (Berlina), New Mexico; Felix Padilla (Katie), New Mexico; two step-brothers, Ralphia Barela, New Mexico; Johnny Barela, New Mexico; ex-wife and mother of his children, Joyce Padilla (James); nineteen grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Eustacio (Tommy) Padilla, please visit our flower store.