Gladys Marie Malone Thornton, 96, passed away April 30, 2023 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be from 1pm-2pm Thursday at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church. Service will be 2pm Thursday at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Thornton, a native of Grand Prairie, TX, was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years and was a leader in the WMU. She was a bookkeeper at military bases where her husband was stationed and later at Bill Jones Car Dealership. She loved to read, travel with her husband, play dominoes but most of all, her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Charles H. Thornton; parents, Harry and Mamie Malone; sisters, Mildred Summerhill Herford (Dave) and Virginia Malone; nephew, Marty Ray Malone.
Stringer Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Mrs. Thornton, a native of Grand Prairie, TX, was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years and was a leader in the WMU. She was a bookkeeper at military bases where her husband was stationed and later at Bill Jones Car Dealership. She loved to read, travel with her husband, play dominoes but most of all, her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Charles H. Thornton; parents, Harry and Mamie Malone; sisters, Mildred Summerhill Herford (Dave) and Virginia Malone; nephew, Marty Ray Malone.
Stringer Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Gladys Marie Malone Thornton, 96, passed away April 30, 2023 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be from 1pm-2pm Thursday at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church. Service will be 2pm Thursday at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Thornton, a native of Grand Prairie, TX, was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years and was a leader in the WMU. She was a bookkeeper at military bases where her husband was stationed and later at Bill Jones Car Dealership. She loved to read, travel with her husband, play dominoes but most of all, her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Charles H. Thornton; parents, Harry and Mamie Malone; sisters, Mildred Summerhill Herford (Dave) and Virginia Malone; nephew, Marty Ray Malone.
Stringer Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Mrs. Thornton, a native of Grand Prairie, TX, was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years and was a leader in the WMU. She was a bookkeeper at military bases where her husband was stationed and later at Bill Jones Car Dealership. She loved to read, travel with her husband, play dominoes but most of all, her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Charles H. Thornton; parents, Harry and Mamie Malone; sisters, Mildred Summerhill Herford (Dave) and Virginia Malone; nephew, Marty Ray Malone.
Stringer Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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