Nila Sheron Thornton^[1]

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• Name	Nila Sheron Thornton
  Born	30 Aug 1945	Jasper, Walker, Alabama, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Feb 1998	Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States
  Obituary	5 Feb 1998	Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States
  	Decatur Daily
  	Funeral for Nila Dunivant, 52, of Guntersville will be Friday at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Guntersville with the Rev. Dr. Rudy Guess officiating and Carr Funeral Home directing. Graveside service will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Rev. Sid McAnnally and the Rev. Dr. Rudy Guess officiating. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 7:30 at the funeral home. Mrs. Dunivant died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1998, in an automobile accident in Decatur. She was born Aug. 30, 1945 in Jasper. She retired in 1996 after 27 years with the Alabama Department of Transportation. She was a graduate of Decatur High School and lived in Decatur until moving to Guntersville in 1992. She is survived by her husband, Bill Dunivant, one daughter, Cindy Deatrick of Birmingham; one son, Jason W. Jacobs of Guntersville; three stepsons, Michael P. Dunivant of Marietta, Ga., the Rev. Kenneth Dunivant of Decatur and Barry Dunivant of Athens; her mother, Essie Thornton of Guntersville, two brothers, Thirstol "Buddy" Thornton of Melbourne, Fla., and Bert Thornton of Nashville; and one sister, Anna Galloway of Decatur.
  Buried	Roselawn Gardens Of Memory, Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States
  		Nila Thornton Dunivant
  Person ID	I4107	Kull Family | C
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Thirstol Theron Thornton, Sr.,   b. 28 Aug 1915, Marietta, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States ,   d. 4 Sep 1991
  Mother	Essie Lou Webster,   b. 16 Dec 1922, , Fayette, Alabama, United States ,   d. 2 Feb 2002, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
  Family ID	F1701	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Wayne Jacobs
  Children	1. Nila Jacenda Jacobs   2. Jason Jacobs
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F1714	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	William A. Dunnivant
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F1715	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 30 Aug 1945 - Jasper, Walker, Alabama, United States Died - 3 Feb 1998 - Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States Obituary - Decatur Daily - 5 Feb 1998 - Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States Buried - - Roselawn Gardens Of Memory, Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S5] Genealogy of the Dodson (Dotson), Lucas, Pyles, Rochester, and Allied Families, Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., (Memphis Gen. Society June 1959), pg. 116 (Reliability: 3).