This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thornton, Thomas, Ray Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/544 Message Board Post: The Deseret News, Aug 4, 2002 George ThomasThornton Our beloved father, grandfather, and friend, George Thomas Thornton, age 81, died due to complication from surgery Au-gust 2, 2002. George was born Dec 26, 1920, in Preston, ID to George Dunn and Elva Thomas Thornton. Married Dorothy Ellen Ray Dec 12, 1944. George is sur-vived by his seven children, LeeAnn and James Hunt, Lo-gan, UT, Thomas and Rebecca Thorn-ton, Rexburg, ID, JoLyn and Bryant Mills, NSL, UT, Richard and Janice Thornton, James and Debra Thornton, Hurricane, UT, David and Rebecca Thornton, West Valley City, UT, John and Stacie Thornton, Murray, UT, 38 grandchildren; three great-grandchil-dren; one brother, Preston Thornton; and four sisters, Elva Ann Thornton, Grace Thornton, Mary Louise McKinley, Lorraine Young. Preceded in death by his wife, parents, one sister, and one brother. Services will be Sat. Aug 10, 2002, 12:30 p.m., LDS Orchard 13th Ward Chapel, 217 E. Center St, North Salt Lake. Family and friends are invited to attend a vie! wing 10 a.m.-12 noon prior to the service. Interment, Lakeview Memorial Estates, Bountiful.