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Obituary: Dr. William Terrance Thornton

2010-08-14T10:20:00.005-05:00

Dr. William Terrance "Terry" Thornton (1939 - 2010) Dr. William Terrance “Terry” Thornton, 71, died at his residence on August 9, 2010. Born on July 26, 1939, to the late Garfus Sherman and Letha Hollingsworth Thornton, he was a native of the Parham Community in Monroe County. Terry attended public school in Monroe County and graduated from Hatley High School,

Coming Soon: GENEABLOGERATTI -- THE 100

2010-06-28T20:38:00.002-05:00

Watch soon for GENEABLOGERATTI --- The 100.

Three articles: Polygamy; Mississippi Saints; Morman Springs, Monroe County, MS

2010-06-26T07:07:00.009-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Illness continues to prevent me from researching and writing new articles for both Hill Country (the blog) and Hill Country (the newspaper column in Monroe Journal). During this time I'm pulling out some of my previous articles and republishing them here. The articles selected for today are: Polygamy in the Hill Country from June

PICA (Eating Dirt) IN THE HILL COUNTRY: Parts 1 and 2

2010-06-18T07:53:00.002-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Because of illness, I'm not posting new articles at the blog Hill Country nor at my newspaper column at MONROE JOURNAL. Here at the blog I am presenting some of the older articles from HILL COUNTRY (available on CD, Volume 1 --- click here to see contents of the CD and how to order). Today is Part 1 and 2 about dirt eating,

Thank you from Todd Palmer: CSA MARKER MEMORIAL LANN CEMETERY

2010-06-17T19:21:00.002-05:00

Posted by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Todd Palmer, Festus, Missouri, has requested the following "thank you" notice be placed at HILL COUNTRY. He was unable to personally thank everyone who assisted with the David Z. Palmer, CSA Marker Memorial Service, held recently at Lann Cemetery at Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi. Says Todd "Please post a thank you

Comments on "Shhhhhhhhhh!, Let's not talk about this. . ."

2010-06-14T19:14:00.004-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com I recently received two Anonymous comments to the previous article, "Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this. . ." Because my response to Anon 1 was too long to be included in the comment section, I've elected to respond to both Anon 1 and Anon 2 in a separate article below. From Anonymous 1: Thanks for sharing your family

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this . . .

2010-06-13T20:34:00.005-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.comOne of the most widely read and discussed articles from the original HILL COUNTRY blog is my short personal essay entitled "Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this . . ." I have been amazed and pleased by the reception this article has received from numerous students of Southern history, from family members, from Southern Unionist

Confederate Memorial Rededication Ceremony in Sandusky Bay, Ohio

2010-06-13T06:08:00.002-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com If you have Southern relatives who were prisoners of war during the Civil War interred at Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, you will be pleased to learn of the Rededication of the 100-year-old bronze statue, a memorial to the Confederate soldiers buried at the cemetery --- as well as a memorial to the CSA POWs once held at

AMAZING GRACE by Piper Jean E. Orcutt

2010-06-08T17:05:00.004-05:00

Posted by Terry ThorntonEmail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.comRecorded Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Mississippi, at the Monument Dedication Ceremony for David Z. Palmer, CSA, Amazing Grace performed by Bagpiper Jean E. Orcutt. Click the start button at lower left to view the video, AMAZING GRACE.I apologize in advance for the poor recording quality of both the audio and

DAVID Z. PALMER: Monument Dedication Ceremony

2010-06-07T19:55:00.008-05:00

DAVID Z. PALMERJanuary 3 1817 - June 21 1887PrivateCompany BThird Battalion, Mississippi InfantryConfederate States of AmericaLann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi, was the setting for the June 6, 2010, monument dedication ceremony and memorial service for David Z. Palmer. Numerous family members and guests attended this moving and colorful ceremony.Some of the family and guests at

Blackberries in the Hill Country, June 6, 2010

2010-06-07T12:10:00.002-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Yesterday while driving home from the Palmer Memorial Service at Lann Cemetery, I notice alongside Thornton Road that wild blackberries were getting ripe. "Too early," I thought. "I need to ask an old-timer if June 6th is not very early for blackberries to be getting ripe." Then it dawned on me that at almost 71 years of age,

Bagpipe piping at the grave marker of Terry Thornton

2010-06-06T17:39:00.004-05:00

Posted by Terry Thornton, Fulton , MississippiMusic by Jean E. Orcutt, Piper, Lauderdale, MississippiVideo made at Terry Thornton's Grave Marker, Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Mississippi Click start button to view and to hear the video/bagpipes.No, my pre-need marker wasn't needed yet. I was at Lann Cemetery Sunday afternoon, June 6, 2010, for the monument dedication/memorial ceremony for

Reasons why Family Historians should read SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN

2010-06-03T15:43:00.002-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com I've come late to the reading of Dennis Covington's little masterpiece, Salvation on Sand Mountain. Although the book was published in 1995, I had only read bits and pieces of the major theme of his work (snake handling as a religious practice) and only knew of his coverage of the Scottsboro, Alabama, trial involving attempted

In Memory of Hattie LaRue Thornton, age 14: She was a good cat

2010-06-02T15:21:00.002-05:00

by Terry Thornton Hattie LaRue Thornton died June 2, 2010, at age 14. She was a good cat and will be missed tremendously. Hattie LaRue was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She and her half-brother Lewis Thornton lived there with her first master James G. Thornton. When she was about 8 - 10 months old, illness, perhaps poisoning from the apartment complex's monthly extermination man,

An Invitation to the Memorial Service for David Palmer, CSA Veteran

2010-05-31T19:10:00.001-05:00

You are invited to a memorial service for C.S.A. Veteran David Z. Palmer to be conducted at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi, at 2:30 PM, Sunday June 6, 2010. Palmer served in Company B of the 3rd Battalion of the Mississippi State Troops and the service is to mark his grave and to honor his memory. David Palmer was born January 3, 1817 and died June 21, 1887.

Strike-overs on grave markers: Mark the perfect man . . .

2010-05-22T20:56:00.003-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com A favorite Bible verse is Psalms 37:37 --- "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." I found this verse as an epitaph on a grave marker recently in a cemetery in Itawamba County, Mississippi. On closer examination, however, the "strike-over" on the stone mason's work made me ponder the

Two little angels . . .

2010-05-20T00:05:00.002-05:00

(left click for a large image) by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The two angels above were photographed recently in Fulton Cemetery, Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi. The image was intriguing and I made a close-up photograph of the marker. (left click for a large image) Look at the marker. At first glance it appears to mark the death of one child

LANN CEMETERY, Monroe County, Mississippi: A Video

2010-05-19T00:15:00.001-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, at Lann Cemetery near Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start buttons to view. As expected, it was cool at Lann Cemetery. SOURCE: Lann Cemetery. Video. Terry Thornton, Fulton, Mississippi. May 16, 2010.

Lann Cemetery Road Part 2 --- A Through-the-Windshield Video

2010-05-19T00:10:00.001-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Lann Cemetery Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start buttons to view. The video starts on Lann Cemetery Road about 3/4 mile north of the cemetery. After a short distance along the ridges of the Hill Country, the route takes us past "Splunge International

Lann Cemetery Road Part 1 --- A Through-the-Windshield Video

2010-05-19T00:05:00.002-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Thornton Road and Lann Cemetery Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start button to view. The video starts on Thornton Road; at the junction of Thornton and Lann Cemetery Roads, a right turn takes us south on Lann Cemetery Road along the high ridge that runs

Thornton Road Part 2 --- A Through-the-Windshield Video

2010-05-18T00:10:00.001-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Thornton Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click the start buttons to view. The portion of Thornton Road shown in Part 2 is from the high ridge overlooking Weaver's Creek, down into the bottom and across Weaver's Creek (named for my great-great-great-grandfather

Thornton Road, Part 1 -- A Through-the-Windshield Video

2010-05-18T00:05:00.001-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com The video below was made Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2010, on Thornton Road, Monroe County, Mississippi. Yes, the road is named for me! Click the start buttons to view the video. The portion of Thornton Road shown in Part 1 is from the intersection of Hatley-Detroit Road, through Thornton Farm, and ends about 1.2 miles down the

Hills, Horses, and High-flying Flags: Hill Country Ramblin's

2010-05-17T00:05:00.000-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Sunday afternoon, May 16, after an evening of heavy rains and flash flood warnings, Sweetie and I decided to drive through the Hill Country of eastern Monroe County. And we were so glad we did --- the roads were passable and the trees were all washed clean of the pollen and so brilliant in their new greens for summer. Never have I

Itawamba Historical Society: May 18, 2010 Meeting

2010-05-16T12:21:00.003-05:00

The public is invited to the regular monthly meeting of the Itawamba Historical Society, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at 6 PM. The meeting is in the auditorium of the society's complex at Mantachie, Mississippi, on the corner of Church Street and Museum Drive. A light meal will start the program followed by a short business session after which the program will begin. The program, My

Fulton Cemetery, Itawamba County: An Inventory of Names on Grave Markers

2010-05-16T11:37:00.001-05:00

by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com An inventory of the names on the grave markers at Fulton Cemetery has been posted at Itawamba County Mississippi Book of the Dead. The alphabetized listing of the names is based upon a photographic record of the cemetery done May 13, 2010. The list contains 463 names, year of birth and death, as well as a link to the photograph

BACKWARD GLANCES by Samuel Wallace Tapscott of Bigby Fork, Mississippi

2010-05-13T06:24:00.003-05:00

And Another Account of the Ridings Family Murders, 1880 by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com This week I've had the pleasure of reading some of Sam Tapscott's delightful book, BACKWARD GLANCES, about growing up "in and around Bigby Fork in Itawamba County in the 1880's and 1890's." But first, let me tell you how this pleasant reading opportunity came about. The

BLACK CONFEDERATES IN THE CIVIL WAR

2010-05-10T14:26:00.002-05:00

Posted by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Scott K. Williams' article, BLACK CONFEDERATES IN THE CIVIL WAR, is an interesting read. It can be found at the following link: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/blackcs.htm Thanks to Alabama cousin Carl Thornton for calling my attention to this article.

An important and must-read opinion piece from the DAILY JOURNAL 05-09-10

2010-05-09T10:58:00.001-05:00

Posted by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com Sonny Scott of Sparta, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, is a community columnist for the Daily Journal published in Tupelo. His column today, Schools may be reaping important unintended negative consequences, is one of those rare, "right-on" articles about many of the major problems facing society and public schooling in what

BURDINE: Civil War Letters

2010-05-07T22:27:00.005-05:00

Addison Fletcher Burdine writes to his wife, Ruth Standefer Burdine by Terry Thorntonemail: hillcountrymonroecounty@gmail.com A few days ago, a descendant of Addison Fletcher Burdine, late of Monroe County, sent a link to transcriptions of the letters AF Burdine wrote to his wife "Rutha" Standefer Burdine during the Civil War. A member of a North Mississippi Hill County unit, Company F,

DIGGING FOR WATER IN THE HILL COUNTRY

2010-04-22T16:11:00.001-05:00

[Note: Hill Country is a column from the Monroe Journal, Amory, Mississippi. My articles appear there every other week. After the column appears in MOJO it is then published here on the blog. I am happy to be writing in the newspaper of the Hill Country, the Monroe Journal. Below is the column from April 21, 2010.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIGGING FOR WATER IN THE HILL COUNTRY by

Do you use the proper Latin names for your ancestors?

2010-04-19T14:25:00.004-05:00