Monroe-Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thornton, George W,. March 14, 1938 ************************************************ 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: Liz Robertson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003232 May 7, 2007, 3:23 pm Monroe Advertiser, March 17, 1938 George W. Thornton, (Monroe Advertiser, March 17, 1938. File submitted by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson George W. Thornton is claimed by death. Native of Butts County and resident of Monroe County for the past 20 years, died Monday night at his home on Macon road, two miles from Forsyth. Mr. Thornton who was 70 years of age, had been in ill health for several years. He was a member of the Smarrs Methodist Church He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mattie C. Biles, of Griffin; three sons, George L. Thornton, Atlanta, Joe W. Thornton, Miami, Fla., and Thomas S. Thornton, Forsyth; two daughters, Mrs. D. J. Tribble, Sr., and Miss Blanche Thornton, both of Forsyth; four sisters, Mrs. S. E. Andrews, Atlanta, Mrs. John E. Lane, Mrs. C. W. Buchanan and Miss Beatrice Thornton, all of Jackson. Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Douglas Gibson of Forsyth, and Rev. R. B. Harrison, of Jackson officiating. Interment was in the Jackson Cemetery with S. H. Thornton Funeral Home in charge. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/monroe/obits/t/thornton7333gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb