In Memory of

Erma

Dean

Thornton

(McElroy)

Obituary for Erma Dean Thornton (McElroy)

Mrs. Erma Dean Thornton, 93, of the Friendship Community, passed away February 2, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, February 6th at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel; burial to follow at New Salem Cemetery in Hesterville. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 pm Tuesday and 12:00 noon until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Dr. Gary Thornton will officiate.
Mrs. Thornton was a member of Friendship Methodist church. She was a Homemaker.
She is survived by sons, Roger (Mary Jane) Thornton, Tommy (Denise) Thornton, Rickey (Stacie) Thornton, Tim (Sandra) Thornton; daughters, Deana Doylette Veazey, Diane (Billy) Hambrick; brother, O.D. McElroy; 13 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; 4 step great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; 2 step great great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Oliver Hazzard and Erma Curtis McElroy; husband, Doyle Thornton; brothers, Curtis, Carl and Paul McElroy; sister, Loreen Williams.