Anna Jane Mitchell Thornton
Anna Jane Mitchell Thornton, age 84, a resident since 1947 of Kingston, Tennessee, who was born in Brownsville, Pa., and graduated from Brownsville Senior High School in the Class of 1936 with special recognition for having achieved perfect attendance without missing one day of school during all 12 years of her schooling, passed away Monday, February 10, 2003 in Milton, Florida, where she had resided with her daughter, Peggy, for several years. On August 4, 1938, she married LeRoy Thornton of Brownsville, Pa.; children: Russell “Patsy” Thornton and LeRoy Thornton Jr. both of Kingston, Tennessee, Peggy Thornton Halsey and her husband, Cliff Halsey, of Milton, Florida, and Karen Thornton McDowell and her husband, Gil McDowell, of Robinsonville, Mississippi; 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
A Memorial Service was held in the Brown Funeral Home, 438 West Race Street, Kingston, Tennessee 37763.