Elvis Bernell Thornton

1928 - 2024  (95 years)

• Name	Elvis Bernell Thornton
  Born	25 Dec 1928	Ralls, Crosby County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jan 2024	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
  Buried	13 Jan 2024	Resthaven Memorial Park - Lubbock, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I10385	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Hollis Thornton,   b. 21 Mar 1904, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1983, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Lena Elizabeth Harrison,   b. 9 Sep 1907, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Jun 1993, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1925	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F4595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	M.L. Arnold
  Children	+ 1. K.A. Thornton + 2. R.E. Thornton + 3. A.L. Thornton
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F4598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Dec 1928 - Ralls, Crosby County, Texas, USA Died - 6 Jan 2024 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Buried - 13 Jan 2024 - Resthaven Memorial Park - Lubbock, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Elvis Bernell Thornton Obituary picture
  		Elvis Bernell Thornton 1948 Lubbock High School Yearbook Photo Lubbock, Texas, USA
  		Elvis Bernell Thornton 1947 Lubbock High School Yearbook Photo Lubbock, Texas, USA
  		Elvis Bernell Thornton 1946 Lubbock High School Yearbook Photo Lubbock, Texas, USA

  
  

  Documents		U.S. World War II Draft Card - Elvis Bernell Thornton Name: Elvis Bernell Thornton Gender: Male Race: White Age: 18 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 25 Dec 1928 Birth Place: Ralls, Texas, USA Residence Place: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Registration Date: 30 Dec 1946 Registration Place: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Employer: Student Height: 6' Weight: 148 lbs. Complexion: Ruddy Hair Color: Red Eye Color: Hazel Next of Kin: J. H. Thornton
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Elvis Bernell Thornton Resthaven Memorial Park - Lubbock, Texas, USA Plot: Christ the King

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Elvis Bernell Thornton was born December 25, 1928, to John Hollis Thornton and Lena Elizabeth Harrison Thornton in Owens, TX. He married Mildred LaVern Arnold on July 14, 1950, in Clovis, New Mexico. He was a Godly Christian man and was baptized at an early age. He served as a teacher, Deacon and Elder and worshiped at Kings Ridge Church of Christ. Elvis graduated from Lubbock High School in 1948. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served for 4 years during the Korean Conflict. After his Honorable Discharge from the Air Force in 1955, he and his wife and two young boys, Ken and Ronnie, returned to Lubbock, Texas. He returned to work at Southwestern Public Service, and they added a daughter, Angie, to the family. He worked for SPS for 42 years and retired in 1991. He was his boys' baseball coach, Boy Scout Leader, PTA president along with LaVern, Sunday school teacher, helped with the kid's paper routes and he could fix just about anything. He and LaVern helped their grandchildren with a lawn mowing business for many summers and multiple Scout troop projects. But he loved to camp. He really enjoyed sitting by a campfire whittling on wood and doing all kinds of woodworking projects. He loved the smell of the fresh pine trees and camping in the mountains. He and his brothers, sons and nephews did a lot of concrete work on the side. He also enjoyed mowing the grass and working outside in their beautiful yard of flowers. He never met a stranger and always had a joke to tell. He loved peppermint candy and cracking pecans. He has some of each in his pockets right now. Elvis Thornton is survived by his wife of 73 years Mildred LaVern Thornton, of Lubbock and now Spring Branch, Texas: Kenneth Thornton - son and his wife Cheryl, of Spring Branch, Texas, Ronald Thornton - son and his wife Paula, of Lamesa, Texas, and Angie Gregg - daughter, of Houston, Texas. His grandchildren Ashley Schafer, Amy Eskew, Eric Thornton, Nicole Oberle, Travis Gregg, Lacey Green, and 14 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother, Darwin Thornton and his wife Nancy of Broomfield, Colorado. (Published by Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers of Lubbock, TX)