Baeley Aubrey Thackston

Baeley Aubrey Thackston (age 22) died suddenly in a motorcycle accident on October 12, 2024. Baeley was born in Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD. He grew up in Gaithersburg, MD and made friends in all of the schools he attended, graduating from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, MD (class of 2021), on an outdoor stage on the football field, during the pandemic. He went to Montgomery College and earned a welding certificate. He held several jobs in the welding and fire suppression industries. He had an impeccable work ethic. Baeley was involved in sports throughout his lifetime, focusing on karate as a child and lacrosse as a teen. He was creative, kind and a fiercely loyal friend. He loved animals. Baeley learned outdoor survival skills and was the best in class at fire-building. Baeley became passionate about motorcycles, riding and fixing them. He loved music from all genres, swam in the Potomac River, dived from quarries, fished across the DC area and camped outdoors with friends. Baeley leaves behind devastated friends from his schools' and riding groups, and a large extended family, including his step-grandfather, Jimmy Kampe, cousins, aunts and uncles. Baeley is survived by his mother, Kelly Bradley; father Dryer Thackston (Virginia Thackston); brother Turner Thackston. None of them will ever be the same in this lifetime after Baeley's death. Baeley was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Percy Lewis Dryer Thackston, Sr. (New Bern, NC) Legare Hobbs Thackston (New Bern, NC) and his maternal grandparents, John Collins Bradley, MD (Washington, DC) and Sharon Marie Bradley (Potomac, MD).
An interment will be held on Saturday October 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
A memorial page has been created in Baeley's honor at Tribute to Baeley Aubrey Thackston [goinghomecares.com] to share memories and condolences.