WILBURN LEE THORNTON

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Wilburn Lee "Good Buddy" Thornton, 66, of Mounds died Sunday, Jan. 19, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Aug. 4, 1930, in Mounds, son of the late Ernest and Lola Parmley Thornton. He was employed at Louisiana Dock in Urbandale, was a member of VFW Post 8891 in Mounds, the American Legion Post in Villa Ridge and the Shiloh Baptist Church in Villa Ridge. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War.

He is survived by four daughters, Deborah David of Carbondale, Janet Rose of Olmstead, Rebecca DuBois of Jackson, Mo., and Sandra Boe of Kadena Air Force Base, Japan; two sisters, Virginia Jerrell of Collinsville and Karen Walls of Mount Vernon; three brothers, Eugene Thornton of Adams, Tenn., Ray Thornton of Cedar Hills, Tenn., and Billy Thornton of Rushville; and nine grandchildren.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, at the Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Travis Rose Sr. and Carl Dillow officiating. Burial will be at the U.S. National Cemetery in Mounds City. Military rites will be conducted by the Mounds VFW Post.