Jimmy D.(Jim) Thacker, 44, passed away October 29, 1996 from injuries sustained in an auto-pedestrian accident.
Born March 16, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Paul Kenn Thacker and Lois Childs Thacker. He married Melanie Jean Bankhead February 19, 1975 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He graduated from Granite High School and attended BYU. He served an LDS mission in England. He could always be found selflessly serving his family, friends, neighbors co-workers, residents of Salt Lake Home, a retirement center where he worked. He was also employed by the U of U printing service.
He is survived by his wife, Melanie; four daughters and two sons, Jennifer (Clark) Jones, Jeanette (fiance' Brad), Jamie, Janeen, Steven and David Thacker; one grandchild, Robyn; parents, formerly of Murray/Sandy, and currently of Altamont; four brothers and two sisters, Clyde (Pat), Kim (Sue), Roy (Kelly), Christine (Kevin) Tate, Zelda (George) Jensen and Paul (Cami); Wife's parents S. Clair and Mary Jean Bankhead; several brothers and sisters-in-law; and numerous nieces and nephews.
We would like to thank the medical staff at the University Hospital for their superb and compassionate care.
Our belief in eternal families will sustain us until we are together again.
Funeral services will be Saturday, November 2, 1996, 12 noon, Magna South Stake Center, 7731 West 3500 South. Friends may call Friday, 6-8 p.m. at Peel Funeral Home, 8525 West 2700 South, Magna and Saturday, 11-11:46 a.m. at the church. Interment, Valley View Memorial Park.
Oct 31, 1996, Thank you Lynn W. Johnson for the obituary
"I don't know if Carol Hanson mentioned to you or not, but while looking at the new GHS sight, which is very impressive, I looked at the memorium page. Needless to say some of the names on the list kind of took my breath away. But on in paticular. Jimmy Thacker. He was on of my best friends. He saw me off when in went in the Navy, kept in touch for several years. When the sight said it had no info I became obsessed with knowing. Usually it's pretty easy to find out from arcived obits, but I couldn't. I finally did find out from an archive sight that Jim died of injuries received in pedestrian-auto accident Oct 29,1996. He was 44 at the time of his death. Born March 16, 1952, Grad GHS 1970, Attended BYU, LDS Misson in England, Married Melanie Jean Bankhead Feb 19, 1975in Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was quite the guy, if any one person ever came close to converting me to LDS it was him."
Catherine Ford (Barbiero)
From Sam Jemison:"I don't know if Carol Hanson mentioned to you or not, but while looking at the new GHS sight, which is very impressive, I looked at the memorium page. Needless to say some of the names on the list kind of took my breath away. But on in paticular. Jimmy Thacker. He was on of my best friends. He saw me off when in went in the Navy, kept in touch for several years. When the sight said it had no info I became obsessed with knowing. Usually it's pretty easy to find out from arcived obits, but I couldn't. I finally did find out from an archive sight that Jim died of injuries received in pedestrian-auto accident Oct 29,1996. He was 44 at the time of his death. Born March 16, 1952, Grad GHS 1970, Attended BYU, LDS Misson in England, Married Melanie Jean Bankhead Feb 19, 1975in Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was quite the guy, if any one person ever came close to converting me to LDS it was him."