Lesley Vern Thornton^[1]

1943 - 2008  (65 years)

• Name	Lesley Vern Thornton
  Born	25 Apr 1943
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Apr 2008	Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	29 Apr 2008	Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I189589	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Roy Thornton,   b. 15 Jan 1922, Tennessee ,   d. 26 May 2006  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Almeda Lurla Layman,   b. 25 Apr 1919, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Apr 2012  (Age 92 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1942	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Family ID	F53719	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Wilma Dee Harvey,   b. 11 Mar 1945  (Age 79 years)
  Married	4 Jan 1964	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Grant K. Thornton   2. Velina Thornton
  Family ID	F74511	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 4 Jan 1964 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 26 Apr 2008 - Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee Buried - 29 Apr 2008 - Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 26 May 2006. Roy Thornton obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 26 Apr 2008. Lesley Vern Thornton, age 65, of White Pine, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He was a former employee of Bush Construction Co. in Newport. He was preceded in death by his father, Roy Thornton; grandparents, Dock and Artie Mae Layman and Allen and Eva Thornton. He is survived by his wife, Wilma Harvey Thornton; son and daughter-in-law, Grant and Debbie Thornton, and daughter, Velina Thornton, all of White Pine; mother, Almeda Thornton, of Chestnut Hill; sisters, Janice McCoig and Eva Askew, and brother, Roger Thornton, all of Chestnut Hill; grandchildren, Cherish Crawford, Lakenzie Crawford, Millicent Thornton, and Mason Thornton, all of White Pine; several nieces and nephews. The family received friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, April 28, 2008, at Brown Funeral Home. Funeral service was 8:00 p.m. with the Rev. Jerry Colbert, the Rev. Ray Wiley, and the Rev. Manson Lee officiating. Internment will be at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Proffitt Cemetery in Chestnut Hill. Brown Funeral Home is in charge. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 26512782). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Roy Thornten Event Type Marriage Event Date 04 Apr 1942 Event Place Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Almeda Lurla Laymen Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-61R9-KTZ?cc=1619127&wc=Q6SB-LS9%3A1589264474%2C1589372888 : 22 December 2016), Cocke > Marriage licenses, 1940-1949, Simonton, William to Branner, Rhementnah-Young, Thomas to March, Myrtle > image 637 of 1291; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties. [S58] Marriage Certificate. THORNTON, LESLEY VERN HARVEY, WILMA DEE 1964-01-04 [S126] The Official Marriage Records of Sevier County Tennessee 1945-1971, Volume III, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (Copyright 2008), ISBN 1-890150-00-5.