TITLE: Susan Gillison Thornton

SOURCE:  Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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THORNTON, Susan N. Gillison 
(1864-1949) Keowee Courier January 20, 1949, Funeral services were 
conducted last week in Hartwell, Ga., for Mrs. Susan Gillison Thornton,
84, prominent Hartwell resident and a native of the Bunty Land 
community of Oconee county. Mrs. Thornton succumbed at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Louie L. Morriss in Hartwell; after being in ill health 
for the past several years. Mrs. Thornton was well-known in Oconee 
County, her parents being among the area's pioneer families in the 
Richland section. She was born on August 24, 1864, a daughter of the 
late John Gillison and Sara Burns Gillison. She was married to the 
late Dozier A. Thornton on November 24, 1890, and he later became one 
of Hartwell's leading businessmen. Mr. Thornton receded her to the 
grave in 1909. Mrs. Thornton was a member of the Hartwell First 
Baptist church, and was active in church, Sunday schoool, and civic 
betterment work as long as health would permit. Surviving the former 
Oconeean are two daughters, Mrs. Louis L. Morris of Hartwell and Mrs. 
J. E. Chandler of Charlotte, N. C.; a son, Marion C. Thornton of 
Lakeland, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Clifton C. Stribling of Seneca; a 
brother, J G. Gillison of Seneca; 11 grandchildren; and eight 
great-grandchildren. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, 
sbrockbooker@aol.com

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