Pastor Thomas L. Thacker

A service of Celebration and Thanksgiving to God for the life and ministry of Pastor Thomas L. Thacker will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, August 29, 2020 at Almetta Baptist Church, 317 E. Miller Street, Jefferson, SC.

On behalf of the Almetta Baptist Church, Thank you all for your continued support and prayers for the preacher's family and our church. WE HAVEN'T LOST HIM, WE KNOW WHERE HE IS !

Pastor Thomas L. Thacker, age 67, of Jefferson, SC and currently residing in Seymour, Tenn., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born September 13, 1952 in Bristol, Va., a son of the late Earl R. and Mary E. Harrison Thacker. Thomas was a U.S. Army Veteran serving 6 years and 16 years in the Reserves. He lived most of his life in the Bristol area. Thomas was a former employee of Line Power and the U.S. Post Office and left in 1997 to become a full time Pastor. Thomas received Jesus as his Saviour on July 31, 1979 and was ordained on March 22, 1981. He pastored Johnson’s Chapel and Open Door Baptist and was assistant pastor for Bethel Baptist all of Bristol, Va.; Believers Baptist, Carrollton, IL; Pilgrim Baptist, Abingdon, Va.; and most recently, Almetta Baptist in Jefferson, SC, June 2006-present.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Margie Thacker; and brothers, Bill Thacker, Troy “Buddy” Thacker and Kenneth Thacker.

Survivors include his loving wife of 47 years, Faye Phillips Thacker; children, Karen Stevens and husband Jonathan, Kevin T. Thacker and wife Heather; grandchildren, Nathan, Caleb, Elizabeth, John, Timothy, Lydia Stevens, Madisyn, Olivia, Hannah, Cana Thacker; brothers, Michael Thacker, David Thacker and wife Teresa, James Thacker and wife Shirley, and Tim “Tink” Thacker; and several nieces and nephews.

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. ~ John 10:29