Clifton Sidney THORNE
Page last updated 31 July 2021.
Nickname: Cliff
Birth: 29 January 1925
Death: 2 August 1989
Burial: Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, Garden of Crosses
Headstone Text: “DAD” / Clifton Sidney Thorne / JAN. 29, 1925 - AUG. 2, 1989
Parents: Sydney Hunter THORNE and Ruby Etta THORNE (m. THORNE)
Parents' Children:
I have no further information on a marriage or children.
My dad was badly burned in 1949. They were not sure he'd survive (or how long his recovery would be if he did), and my mother was pregnant with baby #4. Cliff and my dad had always been close, and our small town did what they could to help. Cliff's brother, Jimmy, went to the hospital to donate blood. On a later visit to the hospital, Cliff asked my father if he felt a bit tipsy...Jimmy drank a lot and Cliff jokingly wondered if he had made my dad drunk.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Various cousins, including my dad, are also buried in this cemetery.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#120774817), FamilySearch website (#L2PS-J3L), and family records.
m. = maiden name
Birth: 29 January 1925
Death: 2 August 1989
Burial: Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, Garden of Crosses
Headstone Text: “DAD” / Clifton Sidney Thorne / JAN. 29, 1925 - AUG. 2, 1989
Parents: Sydney Hunter THORNE and Ruby Etta THORNE (m. THORNE)
Parents' Children:
- Clifton Sidney Thorne
- James Lawrence Thorne
I have no further information on a marriage or children.
My dad was badly burned in 1949. They were not sure he'd survive (or how long his recovery would be if he did), and my mother was pregnant with baby #4. Cliff and my dad had always been close, and our small town did what they could to help. Cliff's brother, Jimmy, went to the hospital to donate blood. On a later visit to the hospital, Cliff asked my father if he felt a bit tipsy...Jimmy drank a lot and Cliff jokingly wondered if he had made my dad drunk.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Various cousins, including my dad, are also buried in this cemetery.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#120774817), FamilySearch website (#L2PS-J3L), and family records.
m. = maiden name