Roger Darryl Thornton^{[1, 2, 3]}

1950 - 2017  (66 years)

• Name	Roger Darryl Thornton
  Born	5 Nov 1950
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Jun 2017	LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	12 Jun 2017	Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I156930	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   [6]
  Family ID	F53719	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Linda Gail Reagan,   b. 22 Nov 1951  (Age 72 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1968	Sevier County, Tennessee   [7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Tyrna Danette Thornton,   b. 13 Sep 1972,   d. 1 Sep 2008  (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F58897	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 20 Jan 1968 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 8 Jun 2017 - LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 12 Jun 2017 - 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

  [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 10 Oct 1985. Lonas Reagan obituary [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 19 Sep 2007. Buna Cogdill Reagan obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 26 May 2006. Roy Thornton obituary [S80] Rawlings Funeral Home, (http://www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com/), 8 Jun 2017. (November 5, 1950 - June 8, 2017) Roger Darryl Thornton age 66, passed away on Thursday June 8, 2017 at Leconte Medical Center in Sevierville. He has lived his whole life in the Chestnut Hill Community and retired from Ball Corp, where he worked for many years. He was preceded in death by daughter, Tryna Thornton Wheatley; parents, Roy and Almeda Thornton; brother, Vern Thornton; father and mother-in-law Lonas and Buna Reagan; brother-in-law Steve McCoig and sister-in-law Lois Trentham. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Linda Reagan Thornton; granddaughter Willow Wheatley; sisters, Janice McCoig and Eva Askew; several nieces and nephews and family and friends. Services will be held 7:00 P.M. Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Rawlings Funeral Home in Sevierville with Rev. Jerry Colbert and Rev. Shannon Coleman officiating. Interment will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 12, 2017 in Big Springs/Proffitt Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00-7:00 P.M. Sunday June 11, 2017 prior to the service. Rawlings Funeral Home in charge of local services. www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 180182600). [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, ROGER DARRYL REAGAN, LINDA GAIL 1968-01-20 [S126] The Official Marriage Records of Sevier County Tennessee 1945-1971, Volume III, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (Copyright 2008), ISBN 1-890150-00-5.