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George Franklin THORNE

​​Page added 1 January 2022.

Kacie's Photography, 2018.

Birth:  22 May 1892 in Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death:  22 June 1971 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  25 June 1971 at Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland
Headstone Text:  GEORGE F.     MARY E. / 1892-1971     1900-1980 / THORNE

Parents:  George THORNE and Julia Myrtle THORNE (m. COXEN)
Parents' Children: 

• Daisy Myrtle TAYLOR (m. THORNE)
• George Franklin THORNE
• Charles Leroy THORNE
• Raymond THORNE
• Mary Estelle PETT (m. THORNE)
• Agnes THORNE
• William Herbert THORNE
• Gladys Jeanette JAEGER (m. THORNE)
• Margaret Elvis FOUCHE (m. THORNE)
• Julia STRIBLING (m. THORNE)
• Eleanor THORNE
• Frederick Alfred THORNE
• Elna GOODING (m. THORNE)

Spouse:  Mary Elizabeth SCHEER
Children: 

• Zelda Marie JOHNSON (m. THORNE)
• Margaret Louise GATES (m. THORNE)
• Dorothy ROLAND (m. THORNE)
• Wilma A. TINSLEY (m. THORNE)
• George Franklin THORNE Jr.
• Robert Thomas THORNE
• Elsie Ruth THORNE

 
Military Service:  George discharged from the Army Company A, 312 Machine Gun Battalion as a Private after World War I.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  George and Mary share a headstone. Also buried in this cemetery are: their daughter and son-in-law -- Zelda and Stephen; his sister -- Agnes.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#156048986), FamilySearch website (#LHKJ-9HZ​), and family records.
​m. = maiden name