Obituaries: John Dewey Thornton, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 15, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

J. D. Thornton, Sanitarian, is Fatally Stricken

John Dewey Thornton, 52, Winn Parish Public Health Sanitariam, died Wednesday
afternoon of a heart attack in a Monroe hospital.  He was recuperating from an
operation and apparently was doing well when he suffered the attack.

Funeral services were held today at 3 p.m. in Sikes Baptist Church, of which
he was a member.  W. S. Emmons officiated.  Burial was in Sikes Cemetery under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Thornton had been employed by the Public Health unit since early 1949.  He
was a native of Sikes.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Audie Thornton, of Sikes; two sons, Donald of
Baton Rouge and Perkins of Sikes; two daughters, Mrs. Jimmie Faye Box,
Winnfield, and Dorothy Nell Thornton of Sikes; two brothers, Hershal of Monroe
and Ray of Eros; three sisters, Mrs. Horace Thompson of Sulphur, Mrs. Marie
Branch of Sikes, and Mrs. Effie Usrey of Baskin; and two grandchildren.