Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....HORTON, Thomas Marion May 24, 1978 ************************************************ 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: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 June 19, 2008, 5:32 am The Brunswick News; Thursday 25 May 1978; pg. 10A col. 3 THOMAS M. HORTON DIES WEDNESDAY Thomas M. Horton, 52, died Wednesday at the local hospital following an extended illness. He was a life-long resident of Brunswick and resided at 2303 Tara Lane. He was a member of Christian Renewal Center; past judge of the Magistrates Court of Glynn County, appointed to the office by Gov. Jimmy Carter; owner of a local mobile home sales and mobile home park; and, before his illness, the only polygraph technician in Glynn County. He was also a member of the Democratic Club and a veteran, having served with the U.S. Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife, Lois Yarbrough Horton, Brunswick; his mother, Mrs. O’Neil Johnson; three sons, Thomas M. Horton Jr. of Dallas, Texas, John Kirk Horton and Brian Keith “Tad” Horton, both of Brunswick; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Goldston of Dallas, Texas and a sister, Mrs. Iris Horton Colletta of Las Vegas, Nev.; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Chapman Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Calder Kinney, the Rev. Bill Ligon and the Rev. E.C. Tillman officiating. Pallbearers will be John Emory Taylor, Elbert Ogden, Bob Gordon, Mayor Reggie Holtzendorff, Henry Coasta, Wayne Floyd, W.W. Floyd and Eugene Highsmith. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Hurley Jones, Dr. A.W. Strickland, Tom Poppell, Ken Dunaway, Jim Reeler, Elmer Lewin, Allen Berrie, John O. Stewart, Roy Boyd, Allen Smith, Reid Harris, Brantley O’Quinn, and members of the Christian Renewal Center. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday and Friday from 7:30 p.m. until p.m. [sic]. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at or the sister site at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/h/horton1072nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb