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Carolyn <I>Cox</I> Thornton

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Carolyn Cox Thornton

Birth
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, USA
Death
31 Aug 2020 (aged 89)
Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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After graduation from Mena High School in 1949, Carolyn attended Schumpert Nursing School in Shreveport, LA. She then worked at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, before working and completing a degree in psychology at SMU. She later worked in surgery at Polk County Hospital as she and Oris began their lives together.

Carolyn was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Hope. At FUMC she taught Sunday school and was a longtime member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class and United Methodist Women.

Carolyn's parents, Chesley Bertram Cox and Lucie Mary Atkinson married 17 Jan 1931 in Texarkana, Miller Co., AR. Her father was born in De Kalb, Bowie Co., TX, and her mother was born in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., TX.

Her paternal grandparents were Artie Elizabeth Carroll and Gervase Lytton Atkinson, who married 3 Aug 1913 in Fannin Co., TX.

Her maternal grandparents were Luther C. Cox and Louisa E. Howard, who married 20 Jun 1897 in Bowie Co., TX.
After graduation from Mena High School in 1949, Carolyn attended Schumpert Nursing School in Shreveport, LA. She then worked at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, before working and completing a degree in psychology at SMU. She later worked in surgery at Polk County Hospital as she and Oris began their lives together.

Carolyn was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Hope. At FUMC she taught Sunday school and was a longtime member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class and United Methodist Women.

Carolyn's parents, Chesley Bertram Cox and Lucie Mary Atkinson married 17 Jan 1931 in Texarkana, Miller Co., AR. Her father was born in De Kalb, Bowie Co., TX, and her mother was born in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., TX.

Her paternal grandparents were Artie Elizabeth Carroll and Gervase Lytton Atkinson, who married 3 Aug 1913 in Fannin Co., TX.

Her maternal grandparents were Luther C. Cox and Louisa E. Howard, who married 20 Jun 1897 in Bowie Co., TX.


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