Annie Bell Thornton's Obituary
ANNIE BELL THORNTON WAS BORN MAY 8, 1916 IN BLUEMONT, VIRGINIA TO THE LATE RACHEL AND FOSTER WEBB. SHE WAS THE 2ND OLDEST OF 12 CHILDREN. AFTER HER PARENTS DIED, ANNIE AND HER BROTHER DANIEL RAISED THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS. ANNIE WAS A HOUSE WIFE AND DID DOMESTIC WORK IN HER YOUNGER YEARS. SHE LOVED TO COOK AND FAMOUS FOR HER HOME COOKED MEALS, HOMEMADE ROLLS, PIES AND CAKES. SHE COULD COOK ANYTHING. SHE LOVED HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND SPOILED THEM WHEN EVER SHE BABYSIT, BUT ONE THING FOR SURE, IF YOU GOT OUT OF LINE, SHE DIDN’T SPARE THE ROD!
SHE OFTEN SPOKE FONDLY OF HOW BAD HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS WERE.
ANNIE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON WHO LOVED PEOPLE AND ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE, EVEN DURING HER ILLNESS. IT WAS WELL KNOWN TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AROUND HER THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A BOYFRIEND AND SHE PUT THE WORD OUT THERE EVERY OPPORTUNITY SHE GOT.
THROUGH HER MANY ILLNESSES AND OPERATOINS, SHE NEVER COMPLAINED. SHE TOOK LIFE FOR WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE HAD GOD ON HER SIDE UNTIL THE END.
SHE LOVED AUSTIN GROVE CHURCH AND MADE IT PLAIN THAT WHEN SHE PASSED ON, SHE WANTED TO GO HOME TO AUSTIN GROVE.
SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF 7 CHLDREN . SHE IS PREDECEASED BY 2 CHILREN, ARTHUR TRACY AND LUTHER PAYNE. SHE LEAVES BEHIND, 3 DAUGHTERS, LILLIAN WHITE, DELORIS WILLIAMS AND DELLA LANE. 2 SONS, SHIRLEY WEBB AND RANDOLPH BALTIMORE.
SHE IS PREDECEASED BY ALL OF HER SIBLINGS EXCEPT FOR 3 SISTERS, CECELIA GRAY, FRANCIS JACKSON AND CARRIE WEBB.
SHE HAS 17 GRANDCHILDREN , NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
SHE LEFT A LEGACY OF LOVE AND CARING THAT WILL BE PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE WEBB GENERATION. WE WILL MISS HER, BUT SHE LEFT A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES THAT WILL CLING CLOSELY TO OUR HEARTS.
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