SYBLE INEZ THORNTON, Obituary, 16 Nov 2000, Coke County, TX

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The Observer/Enterprise, 17 Nov 2000, Robert Lee, TX

THORNTON

Funeral services for Syble Inez Thornton, 84, of Levelland, TX, were 
held on Thursday, November 16, 2000, 2:00 pm, at College Avenue 
Baptist Church, Levelland, TX, with Bro. Bobby James, officiating.
Interment followed in the City of Levelland Cemetery

Mrs. Thornton was born January 17, 1916, in Gunterville, Alabama.
She married Newell Thomas Thornton in Lubbock County in 1933.  He
preceded her in death in 1991.  Mrs. Thornton died on Tuesday, November
14, 2000, at Covenant Hospital in Levelland.

She was a lifelong Texas.  She had lived in Levelland since 1928, 
moving from Commerce, Texas.  She was a Sunday School teacher at a 
nursing home in Levelland, for 24 years, since the late 40's.  She was 
awarded for bringing the most people to church.  President of the WMA's 
until she retired, she became a homemaker taking up quilting and
embroidery, and reading in her spare time.

Survivors include three daughters, Laquita Juanita Stephens of Mira 
Loma, CA; Margaret Ann Emmons, of Lubbock; and Doris Helen Sims of 
Bronte.  Three sons include Kenneth Royce Thornton of Lubbock; and 
Elvis Lee Thornton of El Sobrante, CA; and Thomas Gene Thornton of 
Plainview; brothers Joe Davis, Wes Davis, and Tiny Davis; sisters 
Anita Davis Glass and Melba (Skeet) Mayfield; 12 grandchildren; 25 
great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Newell Thomas
Thornton, in 1991; a son, Jerry Wayne Thornton, in 1948; a daughter, 
Nina Ruth King, 1991; brothers Wayne Davis and Edgar Davis; and sister 
Dorothy Davis.

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