Services for Roland L. Thornton Sr., of Brookhaven, are 4 p.m.Tuesday, June 26, at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Natchez Drive withburial in Riverwood Memorial Park in Brookhaven.

Visitation was Monday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home,and on Tuesday from 8 a.m. until the time of the service.

Mr. Thornton, 75, died June 24, 2007, at his residence. He wasborn in Franklin County on Jan. 12, 1932, to Henry Thornton andFloya Matthews Thornton.

He was a carpenter. He was a member of Pleasant Grove BaptistChurch.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his sister, NellThornton Nettles; and twin sons.

Survivors are his wife of 53 years, Audrey Allen Thornton, ofBrookhaven; his sons, Roland Thornton Jr., of Smithdale, and HenryE. Thornton and wife Carolyn, of Crystal Springs; his daughter,Tywana Thornton Foster and husband Thomas, of Brookhaven; hisbrother, J.R. Thornton and wife Myrtle, of Summit; and his sister,Celas Wallace, of Brookhaven; his grandchildren, Micheal Thornton,Andrea Grammer, Justin Smith, Joey Smith, Sabrina Foster, JoeySmall and Julie Grant; and his great-grandchildren, Mitchell andAbigail Thornton, Stephanie and Bradley Grammer, Johnny Bass,Darrell Grant, Emily Small, Victoria Smith and Karlynn Smith.