Obituaries: Donald R. Thornton, 1983, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 18, 1983 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Donald R. Thornton

Funeral services for Donald R. Thornton, 57, of Natchitoches, La., were held
Saturday, February 5, at 10:00 a.m. at the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis
Funeral Home of Natchitoches with Dr. Damon Vaughn officiating.  Interment was
in Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches.

He died Thursday morning, February 3, 1983, at the Natchitoches Parish
Hospital following a short illness.

Mr. Thornton, a native of Sikes, La., was the son of the late Dewey and Audie
Simmons Thornton.  He was Marine Corps veteran of World War II, attended
Northwestern Statue University and was graduated from La. State University
Law School in 1954.  After practicing law in Winnfield in partnership with
Attorney James L. Womack, he joined Standard Oil Company in New Orleans.  He
was attorney and government relations counsel for Standard Oil of California
and resided in Sacramento until four years ago when forced into early
retirement by ill health.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mildred Shirley Thornton, a Winnfield native;
one son, John Dale Thornton; two daughters, Mrs. Patricia Thornton Spillman
and Miss Molly Cheri Thornton, all of Natchitoches; two sisters, Mrs. Jimmy
Faye Box of Shreveport and Mrs. Dorothy Nell Adams of Start; one brother, John
Perkins Thornton of New Orleans; and three grandchildren, Adam, Sara, and
Amanda Spillman of Natchitoches.