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Mrs. Cassie Heberm Thornton Dies After Long Service
Mrs. Cassie Heberm Thornton born June 19 1860 near Cambridge Illinois and raised in Anita Cass County grew to womanhood there. She married L E Thornton Oct 1 1902 lived in Memphis Tennessee and Hamilton Texas before dying after a long illness at 65 years six months and twenty three days. She was active in Anita Congregational church and left a large family including husband daughter Anita Ruth Clark and several descendants. Funeral in Anita Congregational church followed by burial in Evergreen cemetery with tributes from Leon Voorhees and local clergy and a note of condolence from the Women of the Methodist church South.
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Cassie Heberm Thornton
Porter
Taitha Dobs
Cambridge
Illinois
Cass County
D. E. Peters
Anita
L. E. Thornton
Peters
Memphis
Tennessee
Hamilton
Texas
Thornton
Anita Congregational Church
Lou Lyman
Brooklyn
New York
B. L. Scarlett
B. K. Gaylord
Atlantic
John C. Voorhees
Leon G. Voorhees
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Robi N. Chord
Evergreen Cemetery