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Submitted: 7/29/24 • Approved: 9/11/24 • Last Updated: 9/14/24 • R1540139-G1540137-S3
Cecil
Feb 6, 1934 - June 29, 2018
Joyce Marie
Mar 14, 1945 - Aug 19, 2015
*Obituary
Cecil Thornberry, age 84, of Benton, passed away Friday, June 29, 2018. He was born February 6, 1934 in Marianna, Arkansas. Cecil retired from Owosso and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Rizzie Thornberry; wife, Joyce Marie Thornberry; four brothers, Richard, Clinton, Eugene and Tilmon Thornberry; four sisters, Lucille Thornberry, Freda Gilmore, Maxine McClain and Gertrude Johnson and a son-in-law, Timothy Haynes.
He is survived by two sons, Freemont Thornberry (Becky) and Frederick Thornberry (Melissa); daughter, Carolyn Marie Haynes; sister, Alice Witham; thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
*Obituary
Joyce Marie Thornberry, age 70, of Benton passed away Wednesday August 19, 2015. She was born March 14, 1945, at Ingle Side, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Owen Lewis Rylie and Ruby Lee Malone Rylie, brothers, Archie Rylie and Owen Melton Rylie, sisters, Barbara Sue McKennie, Carolyn Lucille Rylie and Sandra Kay Rylie, Betty Faye Sanders, and son in law, Timothy Haynes. Joyce was retired from the Teletype Corp. and a member of the Four Square Pentecostal Church.
Graveside services were 10:00 a.m. Monday at Mount Harmony Cemetery with Rev. David Brewer officiating. [from Ashby Funeral Home online obituary]
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