Eagle Christine Thornton, age 86 of Franklin, KY passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025 at her home in Franklin under the care of Hospice of Southern KY and her three children.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 12pm at Crafton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Monday from 4pm until 8pm and on Tuesday from 6am until service time at 12pm. Christine was the daughter of Avery Hale and Tommie Smith Hale who preceded her in death.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Winston Thornton and 9 brothers and sisters.
Christine was a 50 year member of Salmons General Baptist Church and a 39 year veteran of the Kendall Co, retiring in 2004. She loved to travel, thrift/antique shop, dance/listen to country music, attend church events and anything that involved time with her children/grandchildren.
She is survived by 2 daughters – Mary June Suttle (Ronnie) of Portland, TN and Patricia Ann Rippy (Danny) of Franklin; 1 son – Ronald Steven Thornton (Budonna) of Franklin; 2 sisters – Carolyn Adams and Jane Adams of Tompkinsville, KY along with 7 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
The family has requested that memorial gifts be made to Hospice of Southern Kentucky, 5872 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42104 and/or St. Jude Children ‘s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl, Memphis, TN 38105-9950 and/or Norton’s Children’s Hospital, 231 E. Chestnut St., Louisville, KY 40202.
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