Johnnie Thornton Jr.

I am the resurrection, and the life, he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: Andwhosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.John 11: 25-26 Johnnie Thornton, Jr. was born January 12, 1940, to the union of Johnnie and Alice Henderson Thorntonin Bentonia, Mississippi.Johnnie confessed his life to Christ at an early age at Evening Star M. B. Church in Bentonia, MS. He waseducated in the Yazoo County School District. His passion was playing the guitar and he was a brickmason by trade.“Junior”, as known by many, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana for forty years until he was displaced byHurricane Katrina in 2005. His parents, Johnnie and Alice Henderson Thornton, two siblings, EverleanaYoung and Bozie Lee “BL” Thornton, all preceded him in death. He leaves to cherish his memory, twochildren, Curtis and Johnna Thornton, and a grandchild; three brothers, Samuel (Jerrie) Thornton,Edward (Erma Jean) Thornton, and Roosevelt (Sherry) Thornton, all of Jackson, MS; sister-in-law, VirginiaThornton of New Orleans, LA; three aunts, Lessie Bell Thornton Jenkins and Alma Henderson Williamsboth of Bentonia, MS, and Lillie Henderson Berry of Chicago, IL, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins,and friends. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Iwill say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust. Psalm 91:1-2