Ware COUNTY  GA  Obits   Rufus "Shorty" Thornton

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Waycross Journal-Herald:

Rufus "Shorty" Thornton:
Rufus "Shorty" Thornton, 80, of Route 2, Waynesville, died Sunday, Feb.
27, 2000. A native of Pierce County, he moved to Central Florida in
1942, but returned to Brantley County several years ago. He was a
retired refrigeration mechanic and was a member of the Waynesville
Church of God. He was a veteran of World War II and served as adjutant
of Disabled American Veterans Chapter #4 in Nahunta. Survivors include
his wife, Rosalyn Shirleen Thornton, Waynesville; two daughters, Mary
Faye Russell and Sherry Robinson, Apopka, Fla.; three step-sons, Redick
Thornton III, Blackshear, Joey Thornton, Hortense and Allen Thornton,
Waynesville; three step-daughters, Sinda Gonzalez, Ft. Collins,
Colorado, Susan Corwin, Brunswick and Rose Drury, Waynesville; four
sisters, Lola Grace Draffin, Waycross, Nola Mae Tyre and Adeline
O'Bannion, Offerman and Evonne Garganous, Hollywood, Fla.; 7
grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and many step-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, from the Apopka
Church of God in Apopka, Fla. with the Rev. Ion Johns and the Rev. Tony
Gillian officiating. Interment followed in the Highland Memory Gardens
in Apopka, Fla. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home of Apopka, Fla. was in
charge of funeral arrangements.
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