Obits: Charlie Thornton: Fayette County, GA
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 Obituary of Charlie Thornton 
  Author: Suzanne Thornton Coker  Date: 19 Jan 2001 12:00 PM 
  Surnames: Thornton, Orr, Babb, McClenny 
 
Tuesday, June 8, 1943, "Atlanta Journal":

Charles Thornton Passes in Fayette

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga, June 8, Charles Thornton, chairman of the Fayette County Board of Education since 1927, died Monday.

Mr. Thornton, a justice of the peace for 30 years, had been a member of the Board of Education 20 years. Under his leadership, the public schools of Fayette County made outstanding progress.

Surviving are his wife; one son, C. B. Thornton, of Atlanta; one granddaughter, Marjorie Lisa Thornton; three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Orr, Mrs. J. A. Babb and Mrs. F. W. McKlenny [sic], all of Fayetteville