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Relationship to Reece-Thornton Genealogy Database Compiler: Granduncle
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Censuses:
1900, Tennessee, Perry County, Civil District No. 4, SD 8, ED 117, Page 38A, Sheet 5A, Dwelling 88, Family 88, 9 Jun 1900, Ancestry.com Image 9, Head of Family: William Thornton.
1910, Tennessee, Humphreys County, 12 Civil District, Bakerville Road, SD 7, ED 69, Page 208A, Sheet 6A, Dwelling 102, Family 102, 23 Apr 1910, Ancestry.com Image 11, Head of Family: Will D. Thornton.
1920, Tennessee, Humphreys County, Civil District 5 (Old District 15), Forks of River Road, SD 7, ED 81, Page 274A, Sheet 5A, Dwelling 80, Family 80, 10 Jan 1920, Ancestry.com Image 9, Head of Family: William D. Thornton.
1930, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Chickasawba Township, City of Blytheville, Ward 3, 308 17th Street, SD 4, ED 47-15, Page 21B, Sheet 10B, Dwelling 218, Family 253, 9 Apr 1930, Ancestry.com Image 20, Head of Family: Elmer F. Thornton.
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Obituary:
ELMER THORNTON
Retired Machinist's Rites
Are At 10 Tomorrow
Elmer Thornton of 2539 Tut-
wiler, a retired machinist for
Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., died
yesterday morning at Mem-
phis Veterans Hospital. He
was 71.
Services will be at 10 a.m.
tomorrow at Memphis Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Forest
Hill Cemetery.
A lifelong resident of
Tennessee, Mr. Thornton was
a member of Raleigh Method-
ist Church. He had lived in
Memphis since 1942.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lil-
lian Inez Reeves Thornton of
the Tutwiler address; two
daughters, Mrs. Betty Jean
Jobe of 2502 Princeton and
Mrs. Reba Inez Corder of West
Helena, Ark., a son, Larry
Thornton of 3739 Merritt, 11
grandchildren, and two great-
grandchildren.
(From "The Commercial Appeal," Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, 25 Jun 1968.)
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1896 - 1968 (72 years)
