Dr. Thornton was an erudite and scholarly gentleman who after retiring from Troy University used his talents to research the history and genealogy of Monroe and Itawamba Counties. He wrote a column on the history of the hill country of Monroe County for the Monroe County Journal, and had several blog sites, composed numerous Cd's, and wrote many articles.
I never met Dr. Thornton, but we corresponded via e-mail. I was especially interested in the research he had done on Pearce Chapel Cemetery as according to family lore, my great grandmother, Martha Pearce Morris was the first person buried there.
There's an old adage that when an old person dies, a library burn down; since Dr. Thornton was about my age, I certainly didn't consider him old, but his loss is the equivalent of losing a research library devoted to Monroe and Itawamba Counties.
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