J.W. Thorne
J.W. Thorne
March 9, 2015
J.W. Thorne, 95, died Monday, March 9, 2015 at Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield. He was born in Sherman, Miss. and was a factory worker for twenty – five years. He attended Red Bay Free Will Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II.
Services were Thursday, March 12, at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay. with Bro. Steve Lindsay officiating. Burial was in Burnout Cemetery, Vina.
Survivors are his wife of 66 years, Euple Thorne, Red Bay; two children, Kathy Thorne Ivy, Red Bay, and Jerry Wayne Thorne and wife, Beverly, Vina, Al.; three grandchildren, Brad Ivy and wife, Sonya, Heath Thorne and wife, Tiffany, and Amber Hill and husband, Larry; five great-grandchildren, Nicole Earnest, Jeremiah Thorne, Joshua Thorne, Elijah Hill and Weston Hill; one great-great-grandchild, Cayson Wayne Rayburn and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Oscar Thorne and Maxie McDonald Thorne, five brothers, Elmer Lee Thorne, Leslie Thorne, Junior Thorne, Marvin Thorne and Georgie Thorne, one sister, Estelle Smith and a son-in-law, David Ivy.
Pallbearers were Brad Ivy, Heath Thorne, Gary Lindsey, Larry Hill, Chris Brazil and Sonny Martin. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Ivy, Bill Nabers, Zack Woods, Trent Woods, Austin Holland and Bobby Patterson.
Visitation was Wednesday, March 11, at Deaton Funeral Home.
