Assorted Family Portraits

Anthony Wilson and Liz Cox Thornton and family. Tony has four daughters: Melanie Shawn, Leslie Michelle, Sherry Leigh, and Amy Beth- all of whom now have their own growing families. Tony is the son of Roy Neal and Helen Freas Thornton.

















Fred and Karen Reagan Thomas and family. Karen is the daughter of Joe Tom Reagan and granddaughter of Lillie Pauline Thornton.


















Bill and Hazel Thornton with daughters, Kathy and Janet. Kathy married John Ramsey and has two children: Kari and Jeff. Janet married Dewayne Abelein and has two sons: Travis and Tyler. Bill is the son of Porter and Edna Gaddie Thornton.

Gary David Daniel

Gary David Daniel was born Dec. 12, 1947, to Arthur and Eva Thornton Daniel. He married Margaret Jean Overstreet, daughter of Homer and Wanda Blanton Overstreet. They had two children: Stephen David and Christina Jean. Gary David Daniel died in 2007, Bowling Green, KY.

Evelyn Daniel White

Evelyn Daniel was born Feb. 21, 1930, in Warren County, KY, to Arthur and Eva Thornton Daniel. She married Louie E. White, son of Elmer and Blanche Smith White, on Aug. 7, 1948. Louie was born Sept. 7, 1929, and died Sept. 23, 2007.










































Aunt Carene and Evelyn...
































The Whites: Louie, Evelyn, and children, Deborah, Denise, and Louie Daniel ("Danny").


















Louie, Evelyn, and Danny.

Evaline Thornton Daniel

Evaline Thornton was born Aug. 8, 1906, in Warren County, KY, to Jesse Benton and Susie Cooper Thornton. She married Arthur Daniel on May 5, 1928, in Sumner County, TN. He was born in 1898 and died in 1975. She died Oct. 26, 1993. They had five children: Evelyn Daniel White, Riley Glen Daniel, Lucille Daniel Rippy, Gary David Daniel, and Bobby Lee Daniel.

































































Gary David, Lucille, Glen, and Evelyn.

Roy Neal Thornton

Roy Neal Thornton was born February 25, 1919, in Warren County, KY, to Jesse Benton and Susie Cooper Thornton. In 1939 he married Helen Louise Freas; they had four children: Sandra Neal (1941), Anthony Wilson (1945), Donna Louise (1948), and Terry Leslie (1950). Roy died November 2, 1994, in Warren County, KY.























Roy on the farm, which was located in the southeastern section of Warren County, near Boyce, KY.






















Donna and Tony proudly display their catch...























Aunt Helen, her sister-in-law, Aunt Juanita, and Sandra.

Jesse Benton Thornton and Cast...

With all the Thornton family reunions, Papa Thornton (Jesse Benton) was forever being posed alongside of his many children, in-laws, and grandchildren.

Here, we have him with his daughters: Eva, Ruby, Pauline, Nora Clay, and Carene. Aunt Fannie was not present.























And, here, with his sons: Jess, Bob, Porter, and Roy...















The daughters-in law: Juanita, Edna, Helen, and Patricia...























And, finally, with Granny and "Old Granny" Hobby.

Woodburn High School

The Woodburn area of southern Warren County and northern Simpson County, KY, was home to four generations of Thorntons, several of whom attended the local high school...

In this 1934 freshman class photo, we see my great-uncle, Roy Neal Thornton, and his future bride, Helen Freas. Can you spot Uncle Roy and Aunt Helen?

























Woodburn had a solid reputation in sports, sending several scholarship players to various state colleges. Both my grandfather, Jesse Willard (2nd from left, bottom row), and my great-uncle, Roy Neal (2nd from right, bottom row), received such recognition, before war and marriage intervened...