Dorthy Lee Thornton

Funeral services for Dorthy Lee Thornton, 91, of Edgewood, Tx, are scheduled for 1:00 PM, Thursday, December 15, 2022, at Cheatham Memorial Methodist Church. Visitation will be Wednesday December 14, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Hietts LyBrand funeral home Edgewood, Texas. The family will receive friends on December 15, 2022 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Burial will be held at Haven of Memories in Canton. Services are under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.

Dorthy passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022

She was born Dorthy Lee Tinkle on February 8, 1931, in Houston, TX, to parents Robert Lee Tinkle and Susan Cornelia Jackson Tinkle. She was raised in Houston and graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School. Dorthy later attended business school in the area. She met Harvey Bayne “Skeet” Thornton in Houston, and they married on October 15, 1949, at the Garden Villas Methodist Church. Dorthy worked for the Houston Livestock show over the commercial exhibits and met many stars like Conway Twitty, Englebert Humperdink, Mac Jones and Charlie Pride. She and Skeet moved to Pearland in 1957, where he farmed and raised cattle. Dorthy was a wonderful homemaker and enjoyed staying home with her children while her husband was on the farm. She and Skeet again moved, this time to the Edgewood community in 1974, where they were members of the Cheatham Memorial Methodist Church. In 1977, Dorthy was employed by Edgewood ISD for 6 years, 19 years as a ranch office manager for Frank L. Branson. Living in Edgewood, she and Skeet made many great friends. In 1990, Skeet and Dorthy establish a bed and breakfast, Crooked Creek Farms. Dorthy still operated Crooked Creek Farms until a few years ago. Dorothy was a volunteer for the 4-H club and received the Distinguished Volunteer Adult Leader of Texas and volunteered for the 4-H club youth Development Foundation at Texas A&M.

Dorthy is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Susan Tinkle; husband, Harvey Bayne “Skeet” Thornton; daughter, Susan Kathleen “Kathy” Christian; stepdaughter, Kathryn Dewitt.

Dorthy is survived by her sons, Harvey Loyd Thornton and wife Cristy of Kemah, Texas, Marshall Lee Thornton and wife Mauna of Edgewood, Texas, John Larry Thornton and wife Terri of Huntsville, Texas and Thomas Lynn Thornton and Charlene of George West, Texas, 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

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