This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farris, Thornton, Shepherd, Byeres, Gaither, Tipps, Danner Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.farris/2713/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hickory Record Hickory, NC February 1, 2007 Thornton, Louise F. HICKORY - Louise Farris Thornton, 82, of 2543 Rhoneys School Road, Hickory, died unexpectedly Jan. 28, 2007, at her residence. Born March 22, 1924, in Gaston County, she was a daughter of the late Sellers and Carrie Shepherd Farris. A member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in New York, she was a housewife. In addition to her parents, two sisters, Pauline Byers and Rosa Gaither; and three brothers, Manuel Farris, Mack Farris and John William Farris, preceded her in death. Survivors include a daughter, Pastor Essie Mae Tipps of Hickory; a son-in-law, John Tipps Sr. of Hickory; a sister, Mary Lee Coffey of Hickory; four granddaughters, Pauline Tipps, Louise Tipps and Sylvia Farris of Hickory and Annie (Bishop Wade) Danner of Newton; four grandsons, John Junior Tipps and Alvin (Sarah) Tipps of Hickory, Guy (Angie) Tipps of Claremont and Thomas (Colett) Tipps of Catawba; 30 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. The funeral will be ! conducted by the Rev. Joseph Ford and Bishop W.C. Miller at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Deliverance Center. Burial will be in Southside Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. The family will receive friends at New Hope Deliverance Center from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday. Allen Mitchell Funeral Home of Hickory is serving the Louise Farris Thornton family.