Myrline Jackson Thornton

Funeral services for Myrline Jackson Thornton, 84, of Tignall, were held Wednesday, March 31, 2010, in the Tignall Baptist Church with Dr. Charles Drummond officiating. Interment was in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington. She died Saturday, March 27, in the Medical College of Georgia Hospital, Augusta.
Mrs. Thornton was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Sally Mons Jackson and was a native of Millen. She was a homemaker and member of the Tignall Baptist Church. She was the widow of Lawrence Thornton. She had a passion for animals, raising many cows from a bottle and naming each one based on its personality. Her farm was filled with cows, pigs, chickens, and beautiful peacocks roaming. She also had a talent for gardening.
Survivors include her children, Roy Dennis Thornton, Tignall, Mary Thornton Jacobs, Monticello, Jerry Edward Thornton, Tignall, and Alicia Marie Thornton, Nicholson;
seven grandchildren, Jennifer Jacobs Bowcock, Jason Reid Jacobs, James Jefferson Thornton, Nicholas Austin Randolph, Nechelle Thornton Stamm, Lawrence Russell Thornton, and Ashlee Lynn Thornton; six great-grandc hildren, Alexis Leigh Bowcock, Lyndsey Claire Bowcock, Rhett Jarrell Jacobs, Jacob James Thornton, Olivia Stamm,0 and Eric Dowling Thornton.
Pallbearers included Jason Reid Jacobs, James Jefferson Thornton, Jeffrey Allen Pendry, William Leo Fincher, Lt. Col. Gaines Ward, and Robert Glen Rhodes.
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.