Thomas Edward Ackers

Thomas (Tommy) Edward Acker, age 64 of Vandalia, Ohio departed this life on April 26th, 2025. Tommy was this preceded in death by his parents Rev. Benjamin and Martha Dean; sister, Rosie M. Burns; uncles, George Henderson and Henry C. Dean; nephew, Manual T. Dean.

Tommy accepted Christ at an early age, became a member of Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church and frequently visited Valley Peace Missionary Baptist Church. He attended Gorman school and graduated from Meadowdale High school in Dayton, OH. He worked at Jet Magazine, Goodwill Industries and at the United Rehabilitation Services. He held various jobs through Kettering Health and Premier Health Network and loved working at the Old St. Elizabeth Hospital until it's closing. He was featured in the Dayton Daily News Paper in an article titled “I want a Job.”

Tommy loved the Cincinnati Reds, the Dallas Cowboys and Macaroni and Cheese. He also loved all kinds of music and taking rides on the van to see where Charlie's Bakery once was and visit his old neighborhood on Orchard Ave. in Dayton OH. He had an Infectious Smile that would light up a room and loved to laugh.

He leaves to cherish memories; his brothers, Rev. Jackie (Debbie) Robinson, Henry Jay Dean and Kevin (Magic) Dean; nieces, Marsha (Ronald) Farmer and Michelle Burns; nephew, Gregory (Beatrice) Burns of Odenton, MD; sister-in-law, Carolyn Jean Dean; special cousin, Allen Randolph; teacher, Donna Silvert; friends, Howard (Marcia) Kilgore, Gerald Arrington, and Beverly Goodloe, all the staff at URS; a host of great nieces/nephews, great-great nieces/nephews, cousins, co-workers and friends.

After Glow  - Unknown

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways. Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun. Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

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