Just did a Google search and came up with this cached news from the Chaplains Commission. Tom passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2011.http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive id=0&page id=5228646461&page url=//www.cogchaplains.com/ministry/2011/01/chaplains-commission-weekly-update-january-26-2011/&page last updated=2013-07-18T11:16:50&firstName=Thomas&lastName=PhythianA second linkhttp://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/phythian-family/keep-the-memory-alive-charles-thomas-phythian