Thurmon King (Member's Page)

TSFA member: 5 (founding)
Joined: 28 September 2003
TSFA Officer: Historian 2003–; President 2005–7
Address: Pasco, Washington State.
Email: Thurmon King
TSFA Family Gatherings: Salt Lake City 2003, 2004; Boston 2006; Fort Wayne 2007
Website: Sackett Family History and Ancestry
The Sacketts of America (text of the book)

Sackett Ancestry:
Thomas Sackett the elder c1530–1595 and Joane ___
Thomas Sackett the younger c1557–1615 and Martha Strowde
Simon Sackett the colonist 1595–1635 and Isabel Pearce
John Sacket 1632–1719 and Abigail Hannum
William Sacket 1662–1700 and Hannah Graves
Jonathan Sacket 1696–1773 and Ann Filer
Reuben Sacket 1732–1803 and Mercy Finney
Cyrus Sacket 1764–1846 and Nancy Anne Stapleton
Samuel Sackett 1799–1856 and Julia Ann Heath
Samuel E Sackett 1843–1914 and Jemima Beeman
Jonathan "John" Andrew Sackett 1871–1945 and William Ophelia Smith

About Thurmon:
I breathed my first breath on July 30, 1930 in a little farm house near Marietta, OK. My first memories are from age 2½ years. Between then and our move to Yuma, AZ in 1941 we lived in 9 other places.
From the year I started school through the 4th grade I had repeated one grade, missed 1½ years of school and changed schools 7 times and occasionally made the honor roll.
In high school I majored in agriculture, was a member of the FFA and the Yuma Criminals football team. During my junior year I became a Christian and met the girl I married 4 days after we graduated from high school. I felt called to the ministry during my senior year and my education plans changed. Beyond high school: Arizona Bible Institute in Phoenix, AZ, 1 year; Western Baptist College, Salem, OR, 2½ years; and extension courses from Fuller Theological Seminary.
I was a "jack of all trades" working as a heavy equipment operator, mechanic, welder, farm hand, hard rock miner, "powder monkey" (high explosives), and truck driver. Most of my work from 1956 to 1974 was "bi-vocational." I worked in secular employment while serving 17½ years as pastor of 5 different churches in NV, CA, and WA. I owned and operated a long haul truck 1977-1994.
In 54 years of marriage Sylvia and I have lived in 34 different places in Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon. And were successful as parents of 2 boys and 4 girls.