Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thorne, Miniard L., 1948 

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Windsor Resident Succumbs at 70 

  Miniard Leonard Thorne, 70, well-known resident and farmer of Isle of Wight 
County and the Windsor Community, died this morning at the Lakeview Hospital 
after several days illness. 

  He was the son of the late Henry and Mary Johnson Thorne of Isle of Wight 
County, and was a member of the Antioch Christian Church of Windsor. 

  Mr. Thorne is survived by two sons, E.L. and W.T. Thorne of Norfolk; two 
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the Holland Funeral Home in Franklin.  Funeral 
arrangements have not been completed. 


Miniard Lucius "Cricket" THORNE, farmer, 
b. 11 Jul 1877, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Feb 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 22 Feb 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 283, Sat., Feb. 21, 1948, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Their monumument shows THORN - Minard L. "1877 - 1948" & Maudie V. 
   "1886 - 1943."  A photo of it is posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #104921702 &c. 

His WW-I draft card gives Miniard Lucius THORNE. 

D.Cert. 3562 (Suffolk #71) gives Miniard L. THORNE. 

His wife's obit ("Smithfield Times," Sep. 23, 1943, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t650m1ob.txt 


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