Johnny S. Thacker, 86, of Hamden, Ohio, went home peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday morning, Aug. 22, 2019, at Holzer Medical Center-Gallipolis. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1933, son of the late John L. Thacker and Hazel McKinnis Thacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a 1951 graduate of Wellston High School and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He attended Ohio University and retired following 25 years as a chemist with the Austin Powder Company. Following his retirement, he was a well-known employee of Souders Hardware in Hamden. He was also a local licensed minister, having performed weddings, officiated funerals, and held revivals. He was a member of the Allensville Church of Christ in Christian Union (CCCU). In his spare time he tended his rose garden and vegetable garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers: Howard, Harold, Harry, and Homer Thacker; and three sisters: Avonelle Thacker, Doris Mather and Dorothy Barnett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He leaves behind his wife, whom he married on June 17, 1956, Shelby J. Sowers Thacker; his son, Jeffrey A. Thacker (Julia) of Hamden; six grandchildren: Shaun Thacker of Las Vegas; Josiah David Thacker (Julia-Grace) of Wellston; Matthew Ryan Thacker of Allensville; Daniel S. Thacker (Kaley) of Chillicothe; Micah J. Thacker of Allensville and Charity N. Thacker of Allensville; two great-grandsons, Josiah David Thacker Jr. and Jacob Dalton Thacker; two sisters, Jeanette McWhorter of Jackson and Lenora Wilcox of Chillicothe; a \u201c granddaughter by friendship, \u201c Cassie Palmer of Allensville; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The family will receive friends at the Jenkins Funeral Chapel in Wellston on Saturday, Aug. 24 from 4 until 8 p.m. Services will be at the Jenkins Chapel on Sunday at 2 p.m. with Jeffrey A. Thacker officiating. Burial will follow in the Bell Cemetery in Allensville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Family and friends may view this obituary and send condolences at www.samjenkinsfuneralchapel.com<\/a> Johnny S. Thacker, 86, of Hamden, Ohio, went home peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday morning, Aug. 22, 2019, at Holzer Medical Center-Gallipolis. He was born in Wellston, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1933, son of the late John L. Thacker and Hazel McKinnis Thacker. He was a 1951 graduate of Wellston High School\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9999,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9998\/revisions\/9999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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