Everett Franklin Thornton Sr
May 14, 1923 - October 4, 2020
Everett Franklin Thornton, Sr., 97, passed away October 4, 2020. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs. Service will be 11am Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Thornton was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church. He retired from the Navy and served in WWII on the US Pensacola. Mr. Thornton was a LP Gas Salesman and a bus driver for Copiah County Schools. He is survived by his sons, Everett Franklin Thornton, Jr of Crystal Springs and Ronald Willis Thornton of Fayetteville, NC; step sons, Joseph Cobb of Poplarville, and Thomas Shumaker of Crystal Springs; step-daughters, Edith Powell, Grace Prine, and Marie LeBlanc all of Crystal Springs, and Rhonda James (Charles) of Wesson; brother, Howard Thornton of Crystal Springs; sisters, Katherine Comen of Byram and Marie Farmer of Pinola; 21 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and 4 great great grandchildren. You may watch the funeral service at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32q2_KbbYuk&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0--C5QE9D-1t1Nmvp2lYIo-6QooFdMKi3JcNR4GeKglMUl0BUDqLo891g
Everett Franklin Thornton, Sr., 97, passed away October 4, 2020. Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Tuesday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs. Service will be 11am Wednesday at Stringer Family Chapel with burial at New Zion Baptist... View Obituary & Service Information