Dewey Anderson Thackston
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Dewey Anderson Thackston, 73, died Sunday, March 13, 2011.
His over 50-year ministry touched the lives of people across the country and in Canada, Europe and Asia.
He was born in Mason County, Ky., on Nov. 15, 1937 to Anderson Walker Thackston and Ella Hord (Walker) Thackston.
He graduated from White Oak High School in Mowrystown as valedictorian.
A Timothy of Sugar Tree Ridge Church of Christ, he attended and graduated from Cincinnati Bible Seminary in 1959 where he served as class president his senior year. He also attended Goethe Institute, Universitaet Wien, Fort Hays State University, and Niagara School of Broadcasting.
He was married to Barbara Lee (McElroy) who died in 1997.
He is survived by his children, Jeffrey Allen Thackston of O’Fallon, Mo., Colonel John Michael and Joellen (Seyfreid) Thackston of Tucson, Ariz., Joy Melinda (Thackston) and Tim Snell of Appleton, Wisc., grandchildren Lindy, John, Kyle, Colin, Tyler, Shelby, and Bailey.
He is also survived by his brothers and sisters, Ronald Thackston, Allen Thackston, Barbara (Thackston) Rendell and Evelyn Thackston, as well as many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
He served as evangelist/minister at churches in Dry Ridge, Ky.; Hays, Kan.; Tulsa, Okla.; Plainfield, Ind.; Olney, Ill.; and Neapolis, Ohio. His other ministries included time as a missionary in Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada and behind the Iron Curtain with TCM International, living with his family in Vienna, Austria. He was campus minister at Bowling Green State University.
In addition to his service in local churches, he was an internationally renowned vocalist and worship leader serving among others the North American Christian Convention and National Missionary Conventions. He pioneered a radio news program in Niagara Falls, N.Y. called Crossfire. While in Canada Dewey was the editor of the Canadian Christian Harbinger. Among his other ministries he was member on many boards and advisory committees for church and missionary organizations including the Philippine Mission Churches of Christ, Central Luzon.
Services will be held 10 a.m., Friday, March 19, 2011 at the Sugar Tree Ridge Church of Christ, 2240 S.R. 136, Hillsboro. Friends may call Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Family requests memorials to Center for Church Renewal, 1027 W. Commerical St. Appleton, Wisc. 54914.
To sign the online guest book, go to www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com.[[In-content Ad]]
His over 50-year ministry touched the lives of people across the country and in Canada, Europe and Asia.
He was born in Mason County, Ky., on Nov. 15, 1937 to Anderson Walker Thackston and Ella Hord (Walker) Thackston.
He graduated from White Oak High School in Mowrystown as valedictorian.
A Timothy of Sugar Tree Ridge Church of Christ, he attended and graduated from Cincinnati Bible Seminary in 1959 where he served as class president his senior year. He also attended Goethe Institute, Universitaet Wien, Fort Hays State University, and Niagara School of Broadcasting.
He was married to Barbara Lee (McElroy) who died in 1997.
He is survived by his children, Jeffrey Allen Thackston of O’Fallon, Mo., Colonel John Michael and Joellen (Seyfreid) Thackston of Tucson, Ariz., Joy Melinda (Thackston) and Tim Snell of Appleton, Wisc., grandchildren Lindy, John, Kyle, Colin, Tyler, Shelby, and Bailey.
He is also survived by his brothers and sisters, Ronald Thackston, Allen Thackston, Barbara (Thackston) Rendell and Evelyn Thackston, as well as many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
He served as evangelist/minister at churches in Dry Ridge, Ky.; Hays, Kan.; Tulsa, Okla.; Plainfield, Ind.; Olney, Ill.; and Neapolis, Ohio. His other ministries included time as a missionary in Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada and behind the Iron Curtain with TCM International, living with his family in Vienna, Austria. He was campus minister at Bowling Green State University.
In addition to his service in local churches, he was an internationally renowned vocalist and worship leader serving among others the North American Christian Convention and National Missionary Conventions. He pioneered a radio news program in Niagara Falls, N.Y. called Crossfire. While in Canada Dewey was the editor of the Canadian Christian Harbinger. Among his other ministries he was member on many boards and advisory committees for church and missionary organizations including the Philippine Mission Churches of Christ, Central Luzon.
Services will be held 10 a.m., Friday, March 19, 2011 at the Sugar Tree Ridge Church of Christ, 2240 S.R. 136, Hillsboro. Friends may call Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Family requests memorials to Center for Church Renewal, 1027 W. Commerical St. Appleton, Wisc. 54914.
To sign the online guest book, go to www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com.[[In-content Ad]]