Thornton, Jesse Otmer

Passed: 1984-05-01

Age: 77

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1964-05-08

Information: LONG ILLNESS PROVES FATAL - Funeral services were held on Monday at the Evans Methodist church for Jesse Otmer Thornton, 77, and the burial with the Vail funeral directors in charge was in the Foster Chapel cemetery.  Rev. Normal and Rev. Earl Seaman officiated.  Mr. Thornton died at his home on Leon RFD on Friday after a long illness. He was born Dec. 6, 1886, at Mt. Alto, son of the late H. Calvin and Ida Belle Woodard Thornton.  He was a member of the Long Hollow Baptist Church, and a retired farmer.      Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Thornton; three sons, Leo and Hubert Thornton of Dunbar, and Alfred Thornton of Evans; four daughters, Mrs. Birdie Livingston of Leon, Mrs. Irene Stone of Ravenswood, Mrs. Florence Casto of Liberty and Mrs. Ruth Hill of Charleston.  Also surviving are seven sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, Mrs. Pina Winters, Mrs. Bedia Sayre, all of Cottageville, Mrs. Bryan Bradley of Sandyville, Mrs. Flora Livingston, Akron, Mrs. Bertha Fox of Circleville, Ohio, Mrs. Lucy Lathey of Evans; 19 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.