Obituary for Joe Don Thornton
Funeral services for Joe Don Thornton 54, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, are 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the First Baptist Church in Tahlequah. Formal visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm.Officiating will be Reverend Buddy Hunt. Pallbearers are Jacob Thornton, Zack Thornton, William Rhoads, Steve Worth, Joshua Thornton, Tatum Scheiderer, Kail Scheiderer, Owen Shackelford, and Bart Frank. He will be laid to rest in the Tahlequah City Cemetery under the care of Green Country Funeral Home. Online condolences for the family may be left at tahlequahfuneral.com.
Joe Don Thornton was born November 28, 1963, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Kenneth Joe and Harriett Charlene (Shackelford) Thornton.
Joe Don graduated from Tahlequah High School in 1982. He furthered his education earning a Forestry Degree from Neo in Miami, a Bachelor of Science, Wildlife and Ecology at OSU, and his teaching certificate from Northeastern State University. He loved teaching kids.
While in college he began Thornton Lawn and Exterminating business which he still owned operated. He appreciated the loyalty shown to him and he loved those customers for the past 38 years.
In his free time he enjoyed going hunting and fishing, and playing a round of golf. He also enjoyed taking time to watch his favorite teams, the Tahlequah Tigers and OU Sooners.
Nothing brought him more enjoyment and gave him more pride than watching his boys play ball.
Joe Don enjoyed going to the track for a little horse racing but the best bet he ever made in his life was Stacey Rogers.
Joe Don was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, O.D. and Della Shackelford; and paternal grandmother, Geneva Matthews.
He is survived by his wife Stacey; and his two sons, Brady Joe Thornton and Shaw Tyndle Thornton, all of the home; his parents, Ken and Charlene Thornton; brother, Kenneth Dewayne Thornton “Tuffy” and Patrice of Tahlequah, Oklahoma; nephews, Jacob and Zach of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Joshua of Tahlequah; grandparents, Joe Tindel and Helen Thornton; mother and father in law Dwanna and Marion Clark of Cedarville, Arkansas; sister and brother in law, Danya Tim Scheiderer, and their sons Tatum and Kail Scheiderer all of Springdale, Arkansas; as well as many other dear friends who will miss him greatly.
Formal Visitation
OCT 24.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Green Country Funeral Home
203 S. Commercial Rd. PO Box 2048
Tahlequah, OK, US, 74465
Funeral Service
OCT 25.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
First Baptist Church, Tahlequah
201 S. Commercial Rd
Tahlequah, OK, US
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