Thornton, Carol Jean

On May 31, 2007, our light on the Earth dimmed, but became very bright in 
Heaven as God reached down and took the hand of our precious Jeannie and 
escorted her home.

We ask you to celebrate in the homegoing of our loved one whom God sent to 
Earth January 20, 1953, and received back in His presence.

Memorial services will be Monday, June 4, 2007, at 2 p.m., at Little Flock 
Baptist Church, 14206 FM 968 W., Longview, TX 75602. Under the direction of 
East Texas Funeral Home, Pastor Leon Veaze and her nephew, Judge Rusty Ladd, 
will officiate, along with her uncle, E.C. "Joey" Sherman. Her brother, 
Michael Tinsley, and her daughter, Audrey Stuart, will assist. Veronica 
Palmer and Joey Sherman will perform music.

Jeannie Thornton was born January 20, 1953, in Dallas, Texas. She was the 
daughter of Harold and Betty Tinsley. The family moved to Longview in 1953. 
She attended school in Hallsville and at GSMC LVN Nursing School, then moved 
to Pasadena, Texas, until returning to Longview in 1984, where she lived 
until her death.

She married William M. Thornton on April 13, 1990. They worked and raised 
their daughters and saw them all happily married. She loved life, gardening, 
animals, flowers, and above all, God and her family. She worked at several 
clinics in her field of nursing, but for the past seven years, she was the 
nurse for Dr. Kenneth Skipper at the GSMC Gladewater Clinic. 

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/3/2007.

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Thornton, Carol Jean

On May 31, 2007, our light on the Earth dimmed, but became very bright in 
Heaven as God reached down and took the hand of our precious Jeannie and 
escorted her home.

We ask you to celebrate in the homegoing of our loved one whom God sent to 
Earth January 20, 1953, and received back in His presence.

Memorial services will be today, June 4, 2007, at 2 p.m., at Little Flock 
Baptist Church, 14206 FM 968 W., Longview, TX 75602. Under the direction of 
East Texas Funeral Home, Pastor Leon Veaze and her nephew, Judge Rusty Ladd, 
will officiate, along with her uncle, E.C. "Joey" Sherman. Her brother, 
Michael Tinsley, and her daughter, Audrey Stuart, will assist. Veronica 
Palmer and Joey Sherman will perform music.

Jeannie Thornton was born January 20, 1953, in Dallas, Texas. She was the 
daughter of Harold and Betty Tinsley. The family moved to Longview in 1953. 
She attended school in Hallsville and at GSMC LVN Nursing School, then moved 
to Pasadena, Texas, until returning to Longview in 1984, where she lived until 
her death.

She married William M. Thornton on April 13, 1990. They worked and raised their 
daughters and saw them all happily married. She loved life, gardening, animals, 
flowers, and above all, God and her family. She worked at several clinics in her 
field of nursing, but for the past seven years, she was the nurse for Dr. 
Kenneth Skipper at the GSMC Gladewater Clinic. 

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/4/2007.