Services for Mrs. Rosa Thornhill, 64, who died Sunday morning in a Crosbyton hospital were held at 3 p.m. Monday, August 9, in the Pansy Baptist Church.
Officiating was the Rev. Leonard Sims, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Melvin Ratheal of Tucson, Ariz. Burial was in the Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of King Funeral Home.
A native of Johnson County, Mrs. Thornhill moved to Crosby County in 1909.
Survivors include her husband, Doyle Thornhill; two sons, Jack of Austin and Charles of Tulsa, Okla., four sisters, Mrs. Shadie Woods of Houston and Mrs. Clarence Ratheal, Mrs. Hallie Smith and Mrs. Meb Givens, all of Crosbyton; three brothers, Conda Starrett of Kalgary, S.P. Starrett of Crosbyton and Stacy Starrett of Lubbock; and five grandchildren.
Crosbyton Review, August 12, 1971
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Doyle D. Thornhill, a Crosbyton resident for over half a century, was claimed by death at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a prolonged illness.
Mr. Thornhill was 74.
Memorial services were conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Pansy Baptist Church. The Rev. Leonard Sims, pastor of First Baptist Church in Matador, and the Rev. Stanley Nixon, pastor of the Pansy Church, officiated.
Burial was in Crosbyton Cemetery, under direction of King Funeral Home.
Masonic graveside rites were conducted.
A Jack County native, Mr. Thornhill came here in 1917. He farmed until his retirement two years ago.
The deceased was a Mason and a member of the Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors include two sons, Jack Thornhill of Crosbyton and Charles Thornhill of Tulsa, Okla.; a brother, T.E. Thornhill of Crosbyton; two sisters, Mrs. Alta Miller of Dickens and Mrs. Doris Clark of Lubbock; five grandchildren; and one great grandchild.
Crosbyton Review, July 4, 1974
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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