Thomas Banker

BOMA-It is with heavy hearts that the family of Thomas E. Banker announce his passing. Funeral services for Thomas "TOM" Eugene Banker, 74 of Silver Point will be Tuesday, December 3 at 7 PM at Boma First Church of God. Graveside service and interment will be 11 AM Wednesday, December 4 at Smellage Memory Gardens in the Boma Community of Putnam County. Bro. Tim Sharp will officiate. Tom Banker passed away peacefully at home, Sunday morning, December 1, 2019 after a long illness with pulmonary fibrosis. Tom lived a full and eventful life he was born March 10, 1945 in Knoxville to the late L. Eugene and Katherine Thomas Banker. At the age of 21, Tom entered the United States Air Force and served 6 months in Vietnam. He was with Strategic Air Command as an Auto-track Radar Technician. After completing his enlistment, Tom returned to Tennessee with his young family and began working for several years with Tennessee Valley Authority as an Electrical Engineering Technician. The family moved from Kingston to Silver Point in 1978. He then transferred to the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1985 and worked until his retirement in 2003 as Senior Electronic Technician. Tom had always been active an active gardener and farmer and spent the years after his retirement working on his farm in Silver Point. He was a great steward of the land and was named Tennessee Conservationist of the Year. He was a member of Boma First Church of God. Survivors include wife of 52 years (Married April 14, 1967 in Kingston, TN) Connie Wilcoxon Banker of Silver Point, daughter and son-in-law Kathryn "Katy Ann" and Mike Reynolds of San Antonio, TX, son and daughter-in-law Greg and Kristin Banker of Kingston, grandchildren: Shelby (Brent) Westerfield, Hayley (Jackson) Green, great-grandchildren: Owen Westerfield and Olivia Green, brothers and sisters-in-law Luke and Mary Ann Banker of Knoxville, John and Kim Banker of Boulder, CO, Tim and Joyce Banker of Hendersonville, N.C., Mark and Kathy Banker of Kingston, Joe and Debra Banker of Colliersville, TN Active pallbearers will be family and friends, honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Julian, Kevin and Elijah Maynard, Mike Haney, David Banker and Milt Ashburn. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 230 E. Ohio St. Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60611 or Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 21301 S. Tamiami Trail Suite 320, PMB 226, Estero, FL 33928. Family will receive friends Tuesday from 3 PM until service time at the church. Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)858-2134. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com