Frankie Ann Thornton, age 68, and a resident of Raleigh passed away Friday, August 12, 2022, at her residence.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, from 12:00 pm until 12:45 pm at High Hill Baptist Church at Raleigh.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 1:00 pm at High Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in High Hill Baptist Cemetery. Bro. Glenn Hayman Jr. will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Raleigh is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Thornton was a lifelong resident of Smith County, and a graduate of Raleigh High School, who held many jobs in the Raleigh area and made many friends. She was a member of High Hill Baptist Church and was a loving mother to her children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father, Winton Dale Thornton and two sisters, Goldie Davis and Jackie Putnam.

Survivors include one son, Chris Thornton (Delana) and one daughter, Sarah Rene Thornton Sumerall (Scott), both of Raleigh; her mother, Lennie Sue Thornton of Meridian; one brother, Walter Mac Thornton of Raleigh; two sisters , Tammy McKay (Kevin) of Meridian, and Emily Gonzalez (Jose) of Jackson; two grandsons, Justin Thornton and Blake Sumerall and two granddaughters, McKenna Thornton and Shelby Sumerall; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Pallbearers will be Joey Baldwin, Blake Sumerall, Justin Thornton, Bryce Thornton, J.C. Powell, and Michael Thornton.

Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Thornton and Kodi McKay.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapelbaysprings.com