Mary Anna Weaver (daughter of
James J. Weaver and Julia Ann Pace) was born on May 22, 1861 in Butts County, Georgia. She died on September 5, 1925 in Newton County, Georgia. She married Lucius Walter Thornton (son of George Washington Thornton and Mary E. Moore) on January 26, 1881 in Butts County, Georgia. He was born on July 16, 1858 in Butts County, Georgia. He died on December 11, 1934 in Butts County, Georgia.
Mary Anna Weaver and Lucius Walter Thornton were buried at Jackson City Cemetery in Jackson, Butts, Georgia.
Children of Mary Anna Weaver and Lucius Walter Thornton
1. Willie Estelle Thornton was born on November 8, 1881. She died on July 15, 1976 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia. She was buried at Jackson City Cemetery in Jackson, Butts, Georgia.
Eula Thornton
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Obituary of Mrs. L. W. Thornton -- September 1925
Mrs. L. W. Thornton Summoned by Death
Friends and relatives here were sorry to learn of the death of Mrs. L. W. Thornton, 64 years of age, which occurred at her home in Covington Saturday. She passed away after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Thornton was formerly Miss Anna Weaver, of Butts county. She was a member of the Baptist church. She is survived by her husband; six daughters, Miss Willie Thornton, Mrs. Eula Curry, Mrs. C. W. Adams, of Atlanta; Mrs. Annie Mae Hosch, of St. Louis; Mrs. H. H. Starr, of Sparta, and Mrs. E. G. Gilbert, of Marietta; four half brothers, Messrs, Berry, Pink, Woodward and Dock O'Neal, of Butts County.
Funeral services were held at the home at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, with Rev. Walker Combs, of the First Baptist church of Covington, officiating. The body was brought to Jackson and interment was in the family lot in the Jackson City Cemetery.
Obituary of Walter Thornton -- December 1937
Mr. Walter Thornton Passed Away Tuesday
The death of Mr. Walter Thornton, 76 years of age, one of the county's best known citizens, occurred at his home near Jackson Tuesday night at 6 o'clock. He had been in declining health for several months and his condition had recently been a matter of concern to his family and friends.
Mr. Thornton was born in Butts county, a son of the late George W. Thornton, a former sheriff of Butts county, and Mary Moore Thornton, among the pioneer settlers of this section. He possessed sterling qualities of character and was highly esteemed by all with whom he associated. Mr. Thornton was a member of families influential in the county's progress. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist church.
Surviving relatives include six daughters, Mrs. W. E. Hosch, of St. Louis; Mrs. H. H. Starr, of Valdosta; Mrs. Eula Currie, Mrs. C. W. Adams, Mrs. E. G. Gilbert and Miss Willie Thornton, of Atlanta; one brother, Mr. G. W. Thornton, of Forsyth; four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Lane, Mrs. C. W. Buchanan, Miss B. Thornton, of Jackson and Mrs. S. E. Andrews, of Atlanta.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, with Rev. R. B. Harrison officiating. Interment was in the family lot in the city cemetery.
Obituary of Willie Estelle Thornton - Jackson Progress - July 22, 1976
Miss Thornton was Buried Here Saturday
Funeral services for Miss Willie Estelle Thornton, 94, of Atlanta, formerly of Jackson, were held Saturday July 17, at 10:30 a.m. from the graveside in the Jackson cemetery. The Rev. Don Folsom officiated.
Miss Thornton, who died Thursday at an Atlanta convalescent center, was born Nov. 8, 1881, the eldest child of Lucius Walter Thornton and Mary Anna Weaver Thornton.
She was a descendant of the Thornton family of Virginia. Her grandfather, George Washington Thornton, a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, migrated to Georgia soon after the removal of the Creek Indians and settled in Jackson.
Miss Thornton was a business woman and had a long career as a milliner (designer and maker of women's hats) in the days when most of these hats were made in retail stores. She represented a wholesale firm in Baltimore, Md. and later a firm in Atlanta. She lived in Atlanta most the past 50 years, and probably was the last of that type milliner in the Atlanta area.
She was a life long Baptist and a member of the Old West Bend Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Walter Hosch, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Ruth Adams and Mrs. Ethel T. Gilbert of Atlanta.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jackson was in charge of arrangements.
