Michael Joe Tillman

September 21, 1947 - May 2, 2021

Michael Joe Tillman, husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 following lengthy illness. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2021 at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home, 500 E Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX. Burial: 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at DFW National Cemetery. The funeral procession will depart from the funeral home at 12:15. Michael Joe Tillman was born on September 21, 1947 in Springfield, MO, the son of the late Ira Wilbur Tillman and the late Vada Flon Brumback Tillman. Shortly after graduating from Springfield High, (1965) he joined the US Navy, serving 6 years as a shipfitter. While in Springfield, he would meet a young lady that was in town visiting family. He would fall madly in love, waiting until she graduated from high school to marry. They would spend the next fifty-three years together. They would live at Naval ports until they would finally settle in the area, seeing their family blessed with 2 daughters. Michael was a welder by trade, known for his ornamental metalwork. His work is evident all over the metroplex. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Linder Tillman; daughters, Sharon Hogan, Tammy Doss and spouse Shane; grandsons, Kennith Doss, Preston Doss, Micah Hogan, Kody Hogan: siblings, Richard Tillman and spouse Shirley, Jerry Dean Tillman, Art Tillman and spouse Karen, James Tillman and spouse Lisa, Charles Tillman, Myrtle Leamnster and spouse Bobby, Wilma Trantham and spouse Jimmy, Willa Goodman and spouse Robert.