Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thornton, G. W. 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 June 26, 2004, 5:46 pm Middle Ga. Argus – Week of January 4, 1894 G. W. Thornton – Resolution To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and brethren of St. John’s Lodge F. & A. M. No. 45 Where, It having pleased an Allwise Creator to invade our ranks and remove from among us our esteemed brother, George W. Thornton, we deem it to be our duty to offer a feeble tribute to his memory. Brother Thornton was initiated, passed and raised y the Lodge about the year 1852 and from that time up to two years ago he was esteemed, honored and beloved by all his brethren, when he moved to Monticello and placed his membership with jasper Lodge No. 50……… Respectfully submitted: Samuel McKibben, J. J. Barnes, D. J. Thaxton, Committee No other genealogical information in this resolution File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/obits/gob1537thornton.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb