SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Tuesday, June 7, 1966, Page 2 and The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Wednesday, June 8, 1966, Page 15
NAME: Alvia Matt Thornton
AGE: not listed
DEATH: Monday (June 6, 1966), at home
HOME ADDRESS: Johnston City (resident of the Johnston City area the past 10 years)
BIRTH: year or age not listed, Goreville
PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thornton
OCCUPATION: retired electrician (last worked as an electrician in Springfield); operated a grain and cattle farm northeast of Johnston City
MARRIED: not listed
SURVIVORS: wife, Eva Marie; step-sons, Arthur M. Jordan, John Gold and Everett Gold, all of Springfield, Manuel Gold of Sandusky, Ohio; brothers, Everett of Tunnel Hill, Moses of Anna, F.Y. of Goreville, Harry of Vienna, and Earl of Thompsonville; sisters, Mrs. Earl Smith of Florida, Mrs. Jennie Pritchett of Goreville, Mrs. Ann McCarver of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Ethel Gray of Pekin, Mrs. Leah Doyle of Michigan; brother-in-law, Leonard J. Desper of Willis, Mich.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: not listed
MEMBER OF: Electricians Union 193 in Springfield
SERVICES: 2 p.m. Thursday, funeral home
FUNERAL HOME: Murman and Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City
OFFICIATING: not listed
CEMETERY: Busby Cemetery, south of Goreville
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Cenotaph here and Cenotaph here
NAME: Alvia Matt Thornton
AGE: not listed
DEATH: Monday (June 6, 1966), at home
HOME ADDRESS: Johnston City (resident of the Johnston City area the past 10 years)
BIRTH: year or age not listed, Goreville
PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thornton
OCCUPATION: retired electrician (last worked as an electrician in Springfield); operated a grain and cattle farm northeast of Johnston City
MARRIED: not listed
SURVIVORS: wife, Eva Marie; step-sons, Arthur M. Jordan, John Gold and Everett Gold, all of Springfield, Manuel Gold of Sandusky, Ohio; brothers, Everett of Tunnel Hill, Moses of Anna, F.Y. of Goreville, Harry of Vienna, and Earl of Thompsonville; sisters, Mrs. Earl Smith of Florida, Mrs. Jennie Pritchett of Goreville, Mrs. Ann McCarver of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Ethel Gray of Pekin, Mrs. Leah Doyle of Michigan; brother-in-law, Leonard J. Desper of Willis, Mich.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: not listed
MEMBER OF: Electricians Union 193 in Springfield
SERVICES: 2 p.m. Thursday, funeral home
FUNERAL HOME: Murman and Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City
OFFICIATING: not listed
CEMETERY: Busby Cemetery, south of Goreville
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Cenotaph here and Cenotaph here
SOURCE: The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Tuesday, June 7, 1966, Page 2 and The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Wednesday, June 8, 1966, Page 15
NAME: Alvia Matt Thornton
AGE: not listed
DEATH: Monday (June 6, 1966), at home
HOME ADDRESS: Johnston City (resident of the Johnston City area the past 10 years)
BIRTH: year or age not listed, Goreville
PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thornton
OCCUPATION: retired electrician (last worked as an electrician in Springfield); operated a grain and cattle farm northeast of Johnston City
MARRIED: not listed
SURVIVORS: wife, Eva Marie; step-sons, Arthur M. Jordan, John Gold and Everett Gold, all of Springfield, Manuel Gold of Sandusky, Ohio; brothers, Everett of Tunnel Hill, Moses of Anna, F.Y. of Goreville, Harry of Vienna, and Earl of Thompsonville; sisters, Mrs. Earl Smith of Florida, Mrs. Jennie Pritchett of Goreville, Mrs. Ann McCarver of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Ethel Gray of Pekin, Mrs. Leah Doyle of Michigan; brother-in-law, Leonard J. Desper of Willis, Mich.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: not listed
MEMBER OF: Electricians Union 193 in Springfield
SERVICES: 2 p.m. Thursday, funeral home
FUNERAL HOME: Murman and Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City
OFFICIATING: not listed
CEMETERY: Busby Cemetery, south of Goreville
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Cenotaph here and Cenotaph here
NAME: Alvia Matt Thornton
AGE: not listed
DEATH: Monday (June 6, 1966), at home
HOME ADDRESS: Johnston City (resident of the Johnston City area the past 10 years)
BIRTH: year or age not listed, Goreville
PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thornton
OCCUPATION: retired electrician (last worked as an electrician in Springfield); operated a grain and cattle farm northeast of Johnston City
MARRIED: not listed
SURVIVORS: wife, Eva Marie; step-sons, Arthur M. Jordan, John Gold and Everett Gold, all of Springfield, Manuel Gold of Sandusky, Ohio; brothers, Everett of Tunnel Hill, Moses of Anna, F.Y. of Goreville, Harry of Vienna, and Earl of Thompsonville; sisters, Mrs. Earl Smith of Florida, Mrs. Jennie Pritchett of Goreville, Mrs. Ann McCarver of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Ethel Gray of Pekin, Mrs. Leah Doyle of Michigan; brother-in-law, Leonard J. Desper of Willis, Mich.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: not listed
MEMBER OF: Electricians Union 193 in Springfield
SERVICES: 2 p.m. Thursday, funeral home
FUNERAL HOME: Murman and Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City
OFFICIATING: not listed
CEMETERY: Busby Cemetery, south of Goreville
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Cenotaph here and Cenotaph here
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