Florence Lyons Thornsberry

July 19, 1941 - January 25, 2010

Florence Lyons Thornsberry, age 68, of Sandy Hook, Kentucky, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, morning, January 25, 2010, at the Elliott County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sandy Hook, Kentucky. She was born July 19, 1941, in Elliott County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Henry and Bertha Mitchell Lyons. Florence was a retired employee of the Life Care Center in Morehead, Kentucky, where she worked as a housekeeper and she was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Oscar Thornsberry; a granddaughter, Olivia Dawn Simmons; two brothers, Arthur Lyons and Charles Lyons; one sister, Virgie Stephens; a special friend, Lawrence Burton. Her survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Vickie and Roger Randolph, Angie and Jamie Simmons, all of Sandy Hook, Kentucky, Fhonda and David Hitch of Morehead, Kentucky; four granddaughters, Stacy and Scott Garvin of Argillite, Kentucky, Stephanie and Bill McGray of Sandy Hook, Kentucky, Tina and Jordan Combs of Winchester, Kentucky, Keshia and Jonathon Conn of Morehead, Kentucky; five great-grandchildren, Ethan Garvin, Emilee Garvin, Kaitlyn McGray, Austin McGray and Sara McGray; Brother Garner Garris of Olive Hill, Kentucky; a sister, Ruby Cox of Olive Hill, Kentucky, four sisters of her heart, Joan Lyons, Korene Gibson, Helen Lewis, Evelyn Wagoner all of Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 28, 2010, in the chapel of the Waddell & Whitt Funeral Home in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, with Brother Ricky Lewis and Brother Dennis Brickey officiating. Burial will follow in the Lyons Family Cemetery on Kegley Ridge in Elliott County, Kentucky. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Wednesday and until the service hour Thursday at the Waddell & Whitt Funeral Home in Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Michael Lyons, Junior Lyons, Jonathan Conn, Scott Garvin, Jordan Combs and Bill McGray will serve as pallbearers. Roger Randolph, Eugene Randolph, Jamie Simmons, David Hitch, Wayne Lyons and Rodrick Garris will serve as honorary pallbearers.