Memorial Tribute - 10th Thornton Family Reunion

1. 2011 Thornton Family Reunion “Those who are no longer with us, but remain in our memories and in our hearts”

2. “Death leaves a heartache No one can heal, but Love leaves a memory No one can steal” ~ Unknown Author [insert picture] Mary Thornton Brandon and daughter Mary Brandon

3. “Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear.” ~Unknown Author James “Bobby” Thornton

4. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell Thornton Brandon

5. “Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” -- Unknown Author William Howard Thornton, Sr.

6. “Do not cry for me, I am not gone. I am walking with the Lord in His heavenly light.” ~Ruby Heintz George Brandon

7. “No farewell words were spoken. No time to say goodbye. You were gone before we knew it. And only God knows why.” ~Unknown Author Roy Brandon

8. “Those we have held in our arms for a little while, We hold in our hearts forever.” ~Unknown Author Lillian Wright

9. Gone, but not forgotten… Leslie Wright

10. Franklin Wright, III

11. “It is the little things that we remember, the quiet moments, the smiles, the laughter..It is these little things that help push pain away and bring the smiles back again” ~Unknown Author Rebecca Marsh

12. Now you're gone We're left to carry on In the wind I hear your song With every passing hour I'm feeling more alone But we will meet again Someday… ~ Blackmore’s Night Hazel Adams

13. “If tears could build a stairway, and memoires a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.” ~Unknown Author Margaret Sanders

14. Your memory lives on in our hearts. Justine Adams

15. “ For death is not more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” ~ William Penn Renee Adams

16. “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose… All that we love deeply becomes part of us.” ~Helen Keller Mina Adams

17. Wakiel Adams Heaven’s Little Angel

18. “No person is ever truly alone. Those who live no more, Whom we loved, E cho still within our thoughts, Our words, our hearts” ~ Richard Fife Ellis Brown, Sr.

19. “When someone you love becomes a memory The memory becomes a treasure” ~Unknown Author Raymond Brown, Sr.

20. “We had so little time to share, Too soon, I had to leave. I know how much you love me, I know how much you grieve. I know how sharp your pain is, I feel the aching in your hearts. My life so quickly ended Before it barely had a start.” ~Charlotte Collins Raymond “Ray Ray ” Pace Brown, III