Obituaries:  Harold Dale Thornton, Sr., Sabine Parish       T-653
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 14, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Harold Dale Thornton, Sr.

  Services for Mr. Harold Dale Thornton, Sr., 50, of Minden, were
held Tuesday, July 12, at 1 p.m., at the Minden Rose-Neath
Chapel. The Rev. W. O. Lynch officiated. Burial followed in the
Gardens of Memory Cemetery, with military graveside rites.

  Mr. Thornton, a veteran of the U. S. Air Force, died July 9,
1983, in the Minden Medical Center, following a sudden illness.
He was a chief master sergeant, with 917th TAC, at Barksdale Air
Force Base. He was a member of Lakeview United Methodist Church,
and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was a native of Delhi, La.

  He is survived by wife, Mrs. Martha P. Thornton of Minden; two
sons, Harold Dale Thornton Jr., and Richard Terry Thornton, both
of Minden; two daughters, Deborah Storey of Arcadia, La., and
Cynthia Thomas of El Dorado, Ark.; three sisters, Lucille Carolla
of Leeland, Miss., Jewel Murphy of Oakland, Calif., and Bessie
Hoben of Westlake, La.; two brothers, Homer Lee Thornton of
Zwolle, La., and W. R. Thornton of Arcadia; and three
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Elvin Whaley, George Henagan, Ace Hanley, Wayne
McCrary, Rick Hammett, and Troy Tippen.