Obituary of THORNTON, SUSAN GILLISON   1949 Oconee, SC
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(sic) Land community of Oconee county.  Mrs. Thornton succumbed at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. Louie L. Morris 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 school, 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.
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