Alice Elaine Thrasher, age 95 was promoted to Heaven Monday 9: 15 a.m., from the Valley Park Retirement Home in Holts Summit, Missouri.  Elaine was born December 10, 1926 in Marion, Illinois to Raleigh and Mildred (McNeish) Wilkins.

Elaine is preceded in death by her husband, Rev. H. E. Thrasher; her parents; a brother, Raymond Wilkins and three sisters: Rosetta Wilkins from E. Alton, Illinois, Betty Maddox, and Mildred King from Marion, Illinois.

Two sisters and a brother are living, Earlene Rench of Alton, Illinois; Virginia Grinnell of Marion, Illinois; and Jack Wilkins of Tennessee.

Alice Elaine Thrasher's three children are: Rev. Mick (& Sharon) Thrasher, Pastors of St. James, Missouri First Assembly of God; Carol Holem, Retired Pastorial Staff First Assembly of God Jefferson City, Missouri; and Deborah (&Rev. Richard) Crabb Assemblies of God Missionaries to Germany.

Elaine leaves behind 6 grandchildren: Michael (& Susanne) Thrasher and family, Nixa, Missouri; A/God Chaplain Stephen (& Christi) Holem and family, Marion, Illinois; Joy (& David) Kirby and family, Nixa, Missouri & Holts Summit, Missouri; Rev. Mark (& DeShae) Thrasher and family, Malden, Missouri; Carol (& Matt) Fitzlaff and family, Pleasant Hope, Missouri; and Major Jonathan (& JoAnn) Holem and family, Jefferson City, Missouri. She also leaves behind her 18 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

At age 20, Elaine as well as her husband, Gene, accepted the Lord at an altar call at the Assembly of God Church of Cottage Hills, Illinois. She and her husband worked with Pastor Burgund at Cottage Hills, Illinois Assembly of God before pastoring Bunker Hill, Illinois, Assembly of God for 7 ½ years, and Villa Hills Assembly of God, Belleville, Illinois for 22 years.  In her early 60s, she and her husband began to travel for ten years as Evangelists crossing the Midwestern and Southern states.  Later years and into her eighties, they Pastored in Steeleville, Missouri; Davisville, Misssouri; and Newburg, Missouri.

Elaine has touched many lives for the Lord.  In Evangelistic work, she sang beautifully in the meetings assisting her husband in services.  She loved the people everywhere she went.  She had a gift from the Lord praying people through to the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.  Even in her 80s, she could outlast the young, staying right with those who were hungry to receive the Baptism  in the Holy Spirit until they received as she had many years before.

Elaine will lie in state 9-10 AM Monday, August 22, 2022 at First Assembly of God Church in St. James, MO.

Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Monday, August 22, 2022 at First Assembly of God Church in St. James, MO with Rev. Mark Thrasher officiating. Pallbearers will be Mike Thrasher, Steve Holem, Jonathan Holem, Joshua Kirby, Jonathan Kirby, and Nathan Thrasher. Burial will be 2:00 PM Monday, August 22, 2022 at Bethalto United Methodist Church Cemetery in Bethalto, Illinois.

Online condolences may be entered at jonesfunerals.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Jones Funeral Home in St. James, MO.